Name: Sahar Jahani

Recipient Year: 2011|2017

Description: Sahar Jahani is a first-generation Iranian-American writer/director raised in Los Angeles. She earned a BA in Film & Media Studies and Literary Journalism from UC Irvine and received an MFA in Screenwriting from Stephens College. Sahar worked in scripted development at YouTube Originals before transitioning to the writers room on the Golden Globe winning Hulu series RAMY, where she wrote her first episode of television. Since then, Sahar has written on several acclaimed shows including 13 REASONS WHY, the Netflix limited series, ECHOES and the final season of THE BOLD TYPE. On the feature film side, she has adapted the novel, AYESHA AT LAST, for Columbia Pictures and Amy Pascal and is currently adapting the You've Got Mail inspired novel, HANA KHAN CARRIES ON, for Amazon Studios and Executive Producer Mindy Kaling. She is currently in development on her first series with HBO MAX and executive producers A24 and Ramy Youssef.

School Name: University of California, Irvine

Major: Literary Journalism, Film & Media Studies

Sponsor: Sultana Zakir Naqvi Scholarship for Journalism and Writing

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahar-jahani-93572b15/