About Monika

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Badges

2024-11-05

Double Recommended Screenwriter

2024-11-05

Writers' Room Member

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Awards

  • NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS, semi finalist
    (2023)

  • SANTA BARBARA INTL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Finalist (Totally Awesome Ally)
    (2022)

  • THE WRITERS LAB NYC, winner
    (2021)

  • TORONTO INT'L WOMEN FILM FEST screenplay awards, official selection
    (2021)

  • SANTA BARBARA INTL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Finalist (Whirlwind)
    (2021)

Work Experience

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Loglines

  • WHIRLWIND

    WHIRLWIND Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Crime MAUREEN'S life is disrupted by a young child whose mother turns up dead. When the wrong man is accused, Maureen finds herself entangled in a case which may hit too close to home.COMP: THREE BILLBOARDS IN EBBING, MISSOURI meets THELMA & LOUISE.

  • ALLY ALL OVER AGAIN

    ALLY ALL OVER AGAIN Comedy When  ALLY MENDOZA reluctantly returns to her Latino family’s home for Christmas, she unwittingly sets off a chain reaction which catapults her back in time to the 90s. She needs to uncover how her life went awry and maybe get that second chance at love -- before time runs out.

  • THE STOWAWAY

    THE STOWAWAY Family Comedy When ANTHONY PUCCINI's (10) dad brings home a new wife, Anthony decides to stow away on a boat to Catalina Island where he believes 'heaven' is, and his departed mother. But he stows away on the wrong boat, belonging to arch enemy, deli-owner ROY MIYAMOTO, who has chosen this day to die. An unexpected and unforgettable adventure.

Education

  • UCLA Writing for Film & TV

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