After graduating from USC's School of Cinema-Television with a B.F.A. in Writing for Film and Television in 2001, Mona jumped into the then-brand-new field of reality television.

 

Working her way up the television ladder on productions headed by greats such as Mark Burnett (Combat Missions), RJ Cutler (The Real Roseanne Show), Brian Gadinsky (American Fighter Pilot), and Nigel Lythgoe (American Idol), Mona gravitated toward the writing or “Story” side of production, often working with Editors to shape episodes of major-network television.  

 

In 2005, life events brought about a big change -- a move to Vancouver. Here, Mona has continued Directing, Story Producing, and Story Editing documentary, reality, and lifestyle television, on series such as Week the Women Went (CBC/Paperny), Glutton for Punishment (Food Network/Paperny), and Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag (W and OWN Network/Bag Media).

 

Mona is an avid creator of documentary-based television programming, with one series optioned by a major Production Company and the Food Network in Canada, and several others in various stages of development, including a dating series called PLAYERS, a food series called DINING IN. She resides in Vancouver, BC and is learning to prune.