A private school LA girl who lived between South Central and Inglewood, Neima turned to dance and writing to escape a pull between opposing worlds. She blew off steam by creating a witty, comedic voice she acted out with Barbie dolls and by directing (forcing) her friends on the playground to learn and perform her choreography. All of this led her to creating colorful stories for TV and novels about coming of age and coming to.

Neima most recently served as an in-house writer for original romance series at Pocket FM, where she wrote for a room breaking story for 14 episodes per week and writing seven 1,600-word episodes per week.

Prior to that, she was Writers' Assistant on Amazon’s YEARLY DEPARTED and showrunner's assistant on Netflix's FIRST KILL. She also co-created a comedy web series Sad-Ass Black Folk that was ranked the #1 web series to watch by Shadow & Act and was sponsored by Headspace. Her dance film “I tried so hard for you” premiered on Blavity TV in 2022. During her undergraduate and graduate studies, she interned at multiple companies including Amazon Studios, Paramount Features, Paramount Television, JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot, David Heyman’s Heyday Films, and on the set of ’42’.

Since focusing on young adult and comedy writing, her scripts have made it to the semifinalist rounds of the Macro & The Black List Episodic Lab, The ATX Pitch Competition Second Round, and the 2019 Sundance Episodic Lab. On Coverfly, her YA pilot is top 21% of all half-hour television projects. She earned a BA in World Arts and Cultures/Dance, Magna Cum Laude, from UCLA and MFA from USC in Film and Television Production.

She is a Jackie Robinson Foundation alum and Extra Innings Fellow. Dedicated to both stories and service for young adults, she serves as DEI Co-Chair for Marlborough School’s Young Alumnae Committee and leads the Alumnae Engagement Committee for the Independent School Alliance.

For professional experience, please visit her Linkedin.

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