Liz Hara
Mentor: Demystifying the Writers Room
Liz is a Los Angeles-based writer, builder, and puppeteer. She writes for Disney TV Animation, including Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, for which she has been recently nominated for an Emmy. She also writes for Sesame Street, where she started as a puppet builder when she was 19 (then never left). She has won Emmys for her work on Sesame Street (Costume Design and Outstanding Writing), and is extremely proud to have written Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together, introducing the first Asian-American Muppet, Ji-Young.
Liz has written for CBS’ Life in Pieces, Netflix’s Lego Ninjago and Waffles and Mochi’s Restaurant, Apple+’s Helpsters, Donkey Hodie, OddSquad, and several other PBS shows. In her other life, Liz has built puppets for Broadway, including Avenue Q, Spider-Man, and The Lion King.
Liz is an alum of Vassar College, recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Anti-Racism in Urban Education at UNCC, and is currently getting her Masters in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Liz is also a fantastic dancer, is super fun at weddings, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of candy.