I started as the pilot director and ended up running the show. As Showrunner and Executive Producer, Season 2 was mine to shape — I wrote, directed, and helped reimagine the series from the ground up. We took big swings — in tone, in structure, in the filmmaking — and it’s where I learned how to lead, how to build trust, how to pivot without panic. It taught me I could hold space for both comedy and pain — and make something that feels honest, layered, and gloriously rough around the edges.

I return to this one season after season — and every time, it feels like joy. It’s a sharp, heartfelt show with real cultural weight, and contributing to that feels both meaningful and electric. On paper, it’s a mega-hit. In practice, it’s one of the most grounded, generous sets I’ve ever been on... and all the Emmys and Golden Globes in the world haven’t touched that spirit.

When I'm not on set, I'm in a writer's room. I had the honor of writing the arc for Michelle Obama, brought to life by the incomparable Viola Davis. It was about capturing both the public icon and the private woman — shaping a narrative that felt intimate and historic all at once. As a Black woman writing the story of the first Black First Lady, this one meant something deeper. I carried that responsibility with care.

Together, the writers wove three portraits of American womanhood — with Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt. It pushed me to stretch my voice across timelines and perspectives, and trust that if you start from something true, good writing can find its way into lives far from your own.

A short documentary I directed for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art — and one that holds a special place in my heart. My creative partner and I were the first to capture artist Mark Bradford’s process on film, and we structured the piece to mirror the way he works: abstract, layered, tactile. It’s a film about finding beauty in the discarded. About being an artist. About living on the edge of the mainstream. It’s personal. It’s weird. It feels like home. (And it made its way to Sundance, which was nice too.)