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Linda Yvette Chávez

One of the writer/creator to watch in entertainment


SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 10:03 AM EDT

Executive producer, co-creator and co-showrunner of the hit Netflix’s ‘Gentified’, Linda Yvette Chávez is enjoying an extremely successful career in TV and film. ‘Gentified’ is produced by America Ferrera and MACRO Studios and has already been nominated for multiple awards including three Imagen Foundation awards, one of them for ‘Best Comedy Series.’

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(L R) America Ferrera, Marvin Lemus, Linda Yvette Chávez, and Monica Macer

Chávez was named as a writer/creator to watch as part of the 2019 and 2020 LATINX LIST curated by Zoe Saldana, Lin Manuel Miranda and Robert Rodriguez.

Linda adapted the New York Times Bestseller, ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’ into a feature film for Anonymous Content, the same production company that did ‘The Revenant’ and ‘Spotlight.’ She has written for Nickelodeon on their hit TV show ‘The Loud House’ including an episode featuring the Casagrandes.

Linda’s success with Season 1 of ‘Gentified’ led to her creation of Season 2. It is set to premiere at Netflix on Nov. 10. She is currently writing a film for Fox Searchlight and is preparing for her feature film directors debut on ‘Fieras.’

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