Tamara Farsadi’s writing has been recognized in numerous screenwriting competitions and in 2006 she was a finalist for an ABC/Disney Scholarship Grant with another script. Farsadi graduated from Chapman University with her BA in Film & Television with an emphasis in Screenwriting in 2001. She went on to earn her MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in 2003. Farsadi has previously worked as a development intern for Penny Marshall’s production company, Parkway Productions, on the Universal lot and currently works as an assistant at Disney.