The Imagen Foundation gears up for it’s 34th Annual Shindig!
The Imagen Foundation announced that TV writer, Luisa Leschin has been tapped as the recipient of the Imagen’s Norman Lear Writers Awards.
Leschin, whose recent credits include Amazon’s Just Add Magic and the Netflix pilot Mr. Iglesias, was originally an actress and a co-founding member of the comedy group Latins Anonymous where she began honing her writing skills. She has written comedy shows, co-executive producing for the George Lopez and Everybody Hates Chris and several dramas including Hulu’s East Los High, Austin & Ally, and The Brothers Garcia.
Officially, Leschin is so much more than just a TV writer. She’s also a television producer, actress, and voice-over artist. Her childhood background is also just as interesting and impressive. Her mother was a concert pianist and her father the former President of El Salvador. While she was born in Hollywood, California, she grew up in Guatemala, where at the age of five made her debut as a dancer. At age eight, she moved to Europe, where she mastered to speak French and Italian. Upon her return to the U.S., she studied at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where she majored in ballet. She graduated with honors, and at 19, she joined the Grand Theatre de Geneve ballet company in Switzerland.
In Hollywood, Leschin has successfully amassed many films and TV credits as an actress. The fact that her roles were mostly gang girls, maids, and pregnant women led her to turn her passion for writing.