Mahtub Zare Mochanloo is currently a Staff Writer on Season 2 of Netflix's hit comedy series NOBODY WANTS THIS. She is a first-generation Iranian-American born to a single, immigrant mother in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University where she studied political science and financial economics. Mahtub previously participated in the Disney ABC TV Writing Program and before that, worked at BallenStudios as a Coordinating Producer. She got her start in entertainment working at WME as well as the arts advocacy nonprofit, The Creative Coalition, where she helped launch The Diversity Fund Gap Initiative. Outside of screenwriting, Mahtub spends her time surfing in Topanga, queer line dancing, and hosting the monthly stand up show Gay Interrupted alongside her girlfriend (if you're lucky you can see her perform)!