ABOUT

I’m a writer, editor, and comedian, and I was most recently a Staff Writer on the animated series Alma’s Way. Like many kids of Syriac immigrants from Turkey, I was taught at a young age to fear all egg-based condiments. After a childhood spent in hiding from mayonnaise, I studied education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, journalism at NYU, and comedy at UCB and The Second City Film School. My writing is inspired by my unknown heritage, quiet suburban New York upbringing, and that one time I had brain surgery (I’m okay now, but my hairdo was never the same again in rain, snow, sleet, or hail).

In the great 2010s, I was a writer and editor for several magazines and websites, where I interviewed everyone from the Secretary of Education to a Backstreet Boy. After fellowships with Sesame Workshop (2021) and Fred Rogers Productions (2022), I started writing for TV and YouTube series like Rubble & Crew (Spin Master/Nick Jr.), Alma’s Way (Fred Rogers Productions/PBS Kids), “LEGO Duplo Adventures” (Moonbug), “Ask Vida” (Moonbug), and more.

I’m currently developing an original 6-11 comedy series, “Unibrow,” with Very Big World Entertainment. I also perform improv on a Harold house team at UCB, as well as stand-up and sketch. Broads in the Attic, an improv/sketch variety show I co-wrote and co-host, was recently featured at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (with some lovely reviews!). In 2022, my short film “The Engagement Chicken” was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Short at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. And I’m a recipient of The Second City’s Stuart Cornfeld Award and the Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing.

In my spare time, I collect oddball jewelry, doodle greeting cards, and stare into puddles, contemplating why Kevin McCallister never finished his macaroni and cheese dinner in Home Alone.