Amanda Castillo is a class of 2020 Girls Write Now alum and a Publishing 360 Mentee from the Bronx, NY. In their sophomore year of high school, they joined GWN where they got to write and hone their craft. It was there she met her mentor, Miden Wood who was a screenwriter for Nickelodeon. She made Castillo fall in love with screenwriting and visual storytelling. Now, Castillo is a rising Junior studying Media Arts Production at Emerson College, looking to continue writing and telling stories with characters that represent the world around her.
Carmen Maria Machado, Gabby Rivera, Ruth Fletcher
In my work, I want to encapsulate the world younger me could’ve never dreamed of. The work I continue to make I hope shines for groups of folks who otherwise aren’t seen in media, specifically on television.
The inevitability of death orbits in the very fabric of your existence from the moment you’re born to the day death comes. History proves time and time again how precious our actions are and that it’s up to us to take our place before our time runs out.
