Monica is a Screenwriter / Producer. She is a world-class media expert with considerable know-how that blends experiences in Hollywood, Washington, DC and international markets.
Monica has worked at James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Records, Discovery Communications, Smithsonian Networks, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and TeleProductions International (TPI).
In 2016, demonstrating her connections in both Los Angeles and Washington, DC, Monica was a Co-Executive Producer on the feature film Wakefield, starring Oscar nominee Bryan Cranston and Golden Globe recipient Jennifer Garner. She penned the screenplay TRI, a DC-based independent feature film.
She was an Associate Producer of the Emmy Award winning series, Discovery Atlas for the Discovery Channel. As an Executive Producer at TPI she cultivated a worldwide network of multimedia professionals, leveraged knowledge of local cultures to develop authentic international programming, and conducted international business development. She navigated interactions with local fixers and foreign officials, as well as filmmakers and production companies, in Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon, France, Monaco, Italy and Thailand. She managed the development and production in the USA and United Arab Emirates in non-fiction programming initiatives for broadcast via film, television, and the web for audiences in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and Asia.
She is a board member of Women in Film & Video in Washington, DC. She is also the founder and creator of Spotlight on Screenwriters, sponsored by the DC Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, the Maryland Film Office, and the Virginia Film Office. Monica is on the Advisory Board for Washington West Film Festival.
Her professional membership includes the Producers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Documentary Programming Peer Group, and The National Press Club.
She holds a Bachelor of Individualized Studies in Journalism and Mass Communications from New Mexico State University.
