Born in Florida but raised in the metropolis of what is affectionally referred to as the DMV area, Devan Renea is an alumnus of Morgan State, Howard, and Full Sail University. Devan got her start in the industry through the prestigious Television Academy Emmy's Internship Program, and eventually found a home at Warner Bros early on in her career. Her credits include OWN's scripted series, 'Queen Sugar', 'Freeform's, 'Famous in Love' CW's 'Stargirl', and she was most recently a writer for OWN's new legal drama series, 'Delilah'.
In addition to her professional pursuits during her eight years with Warner Bros, Devan also presided as the Board Co-Chair President of the Black Employees, which allowed her to oversee employee engagement initiatives geared at strengthening diversity and inclusion across all of Warner Media. She also devotes her time through mentorship with the WB Youth Mentoring Program, HBCU in LA Internship Program, and a non-profit foster youth initiative, Kids in the Spotlight, where she volunteers her skill sets as a screenwriting instructor.
Devan is also an Executive Producer who recently produced a forthcoming short independent film entitled, 'Unconquered', slated to hit the film festival circuit in the fall of 2021, and a television creator who recently adapted accomplish author B. Sharise Moore's majestic young adult fantasy novel, Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars, which is currently in development for television!
This woman knows her stuff so listen up!
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