Willa Marj – Between the Lines

After a storied career as a showrunner’s assistant, rat lab cleaner, podcast producer, and copywriter for plastic surgeons, she became part of the inaugural cohort of the SheMadeIt directing fellowship in 2023. She’s also won awards from the San Diego International Film Festival, the Urban Mediamakers Festival, the Portland Comedy Festival and has been featured in the Awareness Festival and the International Playwriting Competition from the BBC World Service. Her writing has also been recognized by the Geffen Playhouse Writer’s Room and the #Savage23 Grant program.

Like a true comedy writer, she spends her free time as an organizer educating Fil-ams on the Philippine Human Rights Act and how to stop the U.S. from sending money to nations to commit war crimes.