2026 DET Writing Program | Monica Lucas

Kudos to 2026 Disney Program Writer, Monica Lucas, who has staffed on Season 1 of ABC/20th’s THE ROOKIE NORTH! A neurodivergent, Puerto Rican drama writer, Monica is a former “Washington insider” who worked in the U.S. Department of State and for various nonprofits and think tanks before receiving her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television from USC. She’s since worked as a Showrunner’s Assistant for an Amazon show helmed by Meredith Stiehm and as a hybrid Showrunner’s Assistant / Writers’ Assistant for a Netflix show helmed by Kasi Lemmons. Monica was named a 2024 Artist Disruptor by the Center for Cultural Power, a Writer-in-Residence at Hedgebrook, and an Official Selection of the 2025 Women’s List. She is also the only writer to date to be awarded both the Accelerate Screenwriting Fellowship and the Visionary Filmmaking Fellowship by the Inevitable Foundation, which supports the careers of disabled writers. She loves to write about unconventional characters forced into power struggles they were never meant to win. Keep up the amazing work, Monica!