read it and weep.
She grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a tight-knit community of eccentric Liberian immigrants. She writes about them often.
She's currently based in Los Angeles, where she has written on NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Hulu's The Other Black Girl, was a Co-Executive Producer on Netflix's Survival of the Thickest, and a Supervising Producer on Apple TV+'s Loot.
Recently, she wrote, directed, and starred in her short film Pick Me, Executive Produced by Lilly Wachowski, and is now developing it into a feature-length film.
She runs a production company called Palava Productions with her best friend, collaborator, and older sister. She could model but she's really more of an intellectual.
If you're just like everyone else and can't get enough April, you should read her newsletter, You Owe Me An Apology.
And if you owe her an apology, be sure to apologize to her ASAP.
"I'm going to take my savings, hire my friends and people that I look up to, and make the project that I've always wanted to make." - Bloomberg Businessweek, September 2025
Now in active development.
The original television pilot that started it all.
Sister-owned. Film, TV, live events. Co-founded with Sameliah Quioh.
