Tanya Saracho

Tanya Selene Saracho is a Mexican-American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She co-founded "Teatro Luna", an all Latina theater company in Chicago, Illinois. She was also the co-founder of the Untitled Latinx Program. The Untitled Latinx Program tries to make TV more diverse. Saracho has written many episodes for TV. These episodes include How To Get Away With Murder, Looking, Devious Maids, Girls, and Vida. Saracho is also a Spanish Voice-Over artist.
Early life.
Saracho was born in Los Mochis, Mexico. She would later move to Chicago, Illinois.
Career.
She started out as a playwright. She wrote many plays. These plays include "Lunaticas", "Our Lady of the Underpass", and "Kita y Fernanda". Saracho was named “Best new playwright” by Chicago Magazine. Her plays have been staged many places, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, NEXT Theater, Teatro Vists, Teatro Luna, and more.
Saracho then started writing for television. Her first show was Devious Maids. Then she wrote for Looking and Girls. She also wrote episodes for How To Get Away With Murder. She created and produced Vida. Vida got a lot of positive recognition.
Saracho found the Untitled Latinx Project Universal Studios hired her to find and share LatinX people in entertainment.