Marissa Díaz is a Tejana writer, director, and producer. Most recently, she wrote on LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ (NBC) and was named the grand prize winner of McDonald’s Spotlight Dorado short film competition. The film won her a yearlong creative residency and brand partnership with McDonald’s. Before that, Marissa worked on hit series GIRLS (HBO), produced queer teen series GENERATION (HBOMax), and wrote and produced the feature documentary ORGASM INC: THE STORY OF ONETASTE (Netflix). Her work has been supported by a number of industry initiatives including the Sundance Episodic Lab, the FX Imaginar TV Incubator, Shondaland Women Directing Mentorship, Rideback Rise, The Black List’s Latinx List, the Producers Guild of America’s Create Lab, and several Film Independent programs including the Episodic Lab, and the CNN Original Series Docuseries Intensive. Previously, Marissa was the Head of Film/TV Production and Development at Lena Dunham’s Good Thing Going. She holds a BFA in Film & TV Production from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California.