Some people are into pop culture.

I'm into what makes it pop!

I'm Kayla Park, a writer with an English degree from Rutgers New Brunswick. I read constantly, novels, comics, graphic novels, scripts, and I'm almost always thinking about what makes a story work, and more importantly, what makes it translatable to an audience beyond the page.

I'm also a gamer and a lifelong animation obsessive. I'm the person who pauses a movie to explain why that specific scene is significant and how it connects to our everyday life.

Right now I'm on the editorial team at AAIFF, the Asian American International Film Festival, writing and copyediting program and filmmaker copy for the 49th festival. Most of that job is figuring out how to make two lines sell a film to a room that hasn't seen it.

I'm also writing Not Your Fable, an original half-hour pilot and series bible. Every episode takes its title from an Aesop fable and uses it as a lens on the protagonist's life instead of a moral tacked on at the end.

I founded Matcha Melody, a pop-up drink brand I run entirely solo, handling everything from recipe development to social content to showing up and making it work. Running my brand taught me people can tell the difference between a brand with something to say and one that's just decorated.

I've done freelance copywriting for client websites, built spec campaigns for brands I admire, and had my bilingual poetry recognized by West Chester University's Center for Creative Writing and Poetry, where a poem about immigration told through superhero imagery earned Honorable Mention for the Rhina P. Espaillat Award.

I'm looking for editorial and development work in film and TV.

Let’s connect if you’re building something that has to reach people.