Tumelo Tladi, a New York-based South African writer, earned her Bachelor’s in Journalism, then worked for ten years within the digital media, entertainment and education spaces. Driven by the desire to see more stories that resonated with her, she plunged into film and television, obtaining her MFA in Writing and Producing for Television from Long Island University-Brooklyn. An alum of their TV Writers Studio, she is credited as a writer and first assistant director on the short Map of Brooklyn. Her credits also include associate story producer on the MTV competition series The Challenge and its Paramount Plus spin-off, The Challenge: All Stars.