Valentina L. Garza (also credited as Valentina Garza) is a
Cuban-American screenwriter
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and
television producer best known for series such as ''
Jane the Virgin'' and ''
The Simpsons''. She resides in
Los Angeles with her husband and children.
Career
A
Los Angeles native, Valentina graduated from
UC Berkeley with a
BA in
Comparative Literature.
Garza started out as a writers’ assistant on Telemundo’s ''Los Beltrán''. Other series she worked on include ''
الآنسة فرح;'', ''
Bordertown;'' ''
The Baker and the Beauty (US);'' and ''
George Lopez.'' Valentina was also the
executive producer
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and screenwriter of the ''Jane the Virgin'' spin-off pilot, ''Jane the Novela.'' She’s currently under an overall deal with
NBC Universal and has sold pilots to
ABC,
CBS, and
FOX
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. More recently, she was signed to
WME.
Valentina also wrote the lyrics to “Small Strike Zone” and “Off to Work,” “It’s Time,” and “Time to Say Goodbye” in her episodes of The Simpsons: "
Loan-a Lisa
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" and "
Four Great Women and a Manicure". She was nominated for an Annie Award for the latter episode.
References
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Living people
American women television writers
American television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American writers of Cuban descent
American women television producers
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Writers from Los Angeles
Television producers from California
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