Credits her early career of running the animation crew of The Simpsons as the "crash course" that taught her how to make television.
Classmates at UCLA include her Simpsons colleagues Mike B. Anderson, David Silverman and Chuck Sheetz, directors Todd Holland and Brad Silberling, screenwriter Mike Werb, TV writer-producer Natalie Chaidez.
A trained chef, she's worked in restaurants and catering companies. She was the head chef assistant at the LA Times Book Festival Cooking Stage for years.
Was a foreign exchange student in France and Mexico.
Has described her teen years as "a Catholic School girl by day" and "rock and roller by night until curfew.".
Worked on many losing political races and says Obama Biden 2008 was the first campaign she joined that actually won.
Speaks and reads French, Spanish and Italian. Holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from UC-Berkeley.
Writes documentary, scripted drama, animation, comedy and essays.
She became a movie buff while a student in Paris because the universities went on strike.
Became a horsewoman in her late 30s because her Disney office was near the Equestrian Center.