A  daughter of undocumented immigrants, Gabby Revilla Lugo started her career with dreams of being a writer and pre-approved law school loans, which she luckily dumped in favor of a music career that equally never materialized. And while she can still rock out to Pat Benetar at the karaoke bar, or in her own mind, Gabby found her skills better suited to writing, producing, and directing tv and film, with a particular knack for the independent feature space where she worked with the likes of  Damian Chazelle on the proof of concept to his award-winning film, Whiplash. Eventually, she went on to produce award-winning hits like Palm Springs, Melissa McCarthy's Netflix indie, The Starling, and Fox Searchlight's Next Goal Wins, written and directed by Taika Waititi. Gabby’s writing career took off after graduating from the Fox Writers Program, The Starz writer's Program, and The Disney Writers Program. Third program was the charm and she was staffed on ABC's hit drama, A Million Little Things, and also began teaching screenwriting at the ScriptAnatomy school. Since 2021, Gabby has sold multiple projects, landed a feature film writing job for Mattel, and optioned her own material. She most recently sold a reimagining of the beloved John Hughes film, Sixteen Candles, as a television series alongside Selena Gomez, UCP, and OJALA, led by award-winning playwright, Tanya Saracho.  She has also worked with Tanya on the TV series Brujas, and is currently developing a series with Linda Yvette Chavez (Gentefied) on an unannounced project for a major studio.  She is set to direct her first feature film this fall. Lugo is excited to continue telling Latine stories that exemplify more than just our collective trauma, with major heart, and the occasional fart joke.