Diana Ly is a Vietnamese-American screenwriter and playwright based in New York. She grew up as an expat in the Philippines before studying Computer Science at Stanford and subsequently working at Google and the YouTube Space LA. She’s currently a participant in the Universal Writers Lab, a yearlong mentorship program to develop a feature under the guidance of Universal Pictures. Her work has been presented at LPAC+The Brick’s Rough Draft Festival and Piper Theatre’s Spotlight Series. She was previously a Women in Film|Black List Feature Resident, a Project Involve Fellow at Film Independent, and a member of the Sống Collective’s Inaugural Việt Writers Lab. She was a finalist for Playwrights’ Center’s Core Apprenticeship and the DGF Fellows Program, and advanced for the Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep and NYTW’s 2050 Fellowship. Diana is pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Hunter College. She writes stories about dysfunctional families, immigrants, nerds, and women who defy stereotypes.