- Maria Elena Rodriguez was born and raised in San Francisco. She juggles 2 careers as drama writer and a producer, particularly of animation. She has developed original TV series with writer-producers Peter Lefcourt, Robin Swicord and writer-director Rosemary Rodriguez. She also enjoys working in documentary, where she originally started her career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Credits her early career of running the animation crew of The Simpsons as the "crash course" that taught her how to make television.
- Classmates at UCLA include her Simpsons colleagues Mike B. Anderson, David Silverman and Chuck Sheetz, directors Todd Holland and Brad Silberling, screenwriter Mike Werb, TV writer-producer Natalie Chaidez.
- A trained chef, she's worked in restaurants and catering companies. She was the head chef assistant at the LA Times Book Festival Cooking Stage for years.
- Was a foreign exchange student in France and Mexico.
- Has described her teen years as "a Catholic School girl by day" and "rock and roller by night until curfew.".
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