JOSEFINA LOPEZ (Writer/Theater and Film Producer/Performer) is best known for authoring the play and co-authoring the 2002 SUNDANCE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNING film Real Women Have Curves. Josefina started her writing career at 17 and has had over 150 productions of her many plays throughout the country.  Josefina has been working as a professional screenwriter in Hollywood for over 30 years with countless development deals and screenplay assignments. Born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1969, Josefina Lopez was five years old when she and her family migrated to the United States and settled in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Josefina was undocumented for thirteen years before she received Amnesty in 1987 and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. Josefina is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, has an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television. Josefina is the Founding Artistic Director of Casa 0101 Theater and has produced over 200 plays celebrating Latinos, immigrants, and the LGBT and BIPOC communities. The musical Real Women Have Curves is opening on Broadway April 27, 2025 and had its world premiere at American Repertory Theater at Harvard. She is currently working on adapting her play A Woman Named Gloria into a screenplay and working on her next musical. Check out www.Josefinalopez.biz & www.CASA0101.org for more information.