My name is Isa Luzarraga, and I am an award-winning, Cuban American screenwriter and journalist originally from Omaha, Nebraska. My writing frequently examines the intersections between girlhood, immigrant families, queerness and power geometries.

I never imagined writing for the screen. Though I loved creating fantasy worlds as a child, my highschool years were filled with journalism. After my acceptance to journalism school, I felt I had somehow relinquished my right to fiction. Looking at versatile writers like Nora Ephron and Joan Didion, however, revealed how unfounded this belief truly was. When asked how I reconcile being both a journalist and a screenwriter, my response is simple: good writing is good writing, and storytelling talents naturally extend across different mediums. I've always viewed reporting as a public service that holds people and systems accountable. Screenwriting can undoubtedly achieve the same impact — just through a more expansive, narrative approach that allows stories to unfold in their own time.