Teresa Hsiao
{{Short description|American television writer & producer}}
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Teresa Hsiao ({{Lang-zh|c=蕭韻潔}},{{cite web|url=https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121187/7266167|title=哈佛畢業生「棄商從影」 蕭韻潔感謝父母力挺|author=何卓賢|website=World Journal|date=June 29, 2023|accessdate=2023-07-28}} born May 26, 1985){{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teresa-hsiao/i-have-a-rap-dream_b_5363053.html|title=Rap Dream|first=Teresa|last=Hsiao|website=HuffPost |date=21 May 2014|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teresa-hsiao/growing-up-asian_b_7037260.html|title=Growing Up Asian|first=Teresa|last=Hsiao|website=HuffPost |date=15 April 2015|publisher=}} is an American television writer and producer best known for her work on the animated series Family Guy and American Dad! and for co-creating the sitcom Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.
Early life and education
Teresa Hsiao was born in Indiana and attended Harvard University, where she served on the board of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business (HUWIB) and as editor-in-chief of Make It Happen, the organization's first national magazine. Hsiao co-founded Smart Woman Securities at the college with Tracy Britt Cool in 2006,{{cite web |title=Teresa Hsiao |url=https://smartwomansecurities.com/teresa.html |publisher=rt Woman Securities |access-date=7 May 2021}}{{cite web |last1=McMillan Portillo |first1=Caroline |title=6 things to know about Tracy Britt Cool, a Buffett protégée and Pampered Chef's new CEO |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2014/10/6-you-didnt-know-about-tracy-britt-cool-one-of.html?page=all |website=bizjournals.com |publisher=The Business Journals |access-date=6 May 2021 |date=October 28, 2014}} and earned her degree in Economics in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harvardwood.org/watn_teresa_hsiao|title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Q&A with HWP Alum & Past Most Staffable TV Writer TERESA HSIAO (AMERICAN DAD)|last=Staff|first=Harvardwood|date=March 1, 2016|website=Harvardwood|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-28}}
Career
Hsiao has been a writer for Family Guy, We Bare Bears and American Dad!, for which she was also a producer.
She wrote frequently for The Huffington Post from 2012 through 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/teresa-hsiao|title=Teresa Hsiao - The Huffington Post|website=HuffPost |publisher=}}
Hsiao is the co-creator and an executive producer on the television coming of age comedy Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.{{cite news |last1=Kang |first1=Inkoo |title=Critic's Notebook: 'Fresh Off the Boat' and the Asian American Entertainment Revolution |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/fresh-boat-asian-american-entertainment-boom-1280497/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 21, 2020}} for which she had been in development with Awkwafina since 2016. The series was renewed for a second season on January 14, 2020,{{cite news |last1=Turchiano |first1=Danielle |title='Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens' Gets Season 2 Renewal Ahead of Series Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-season-2-renewal-comedy-central-1203466488/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Variety |date=January 14, 2020}} prior to the January 22 premiere of its first episode.{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/20/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-preview/|title='Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens' looks to put a new kind of Asian-American family on screen|last=Yang|first=Rachel|date=January 20, 2020|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-28}}
More recently, Hsiao signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop comedy and animation for streaming platforms via her Red 136 Productions.{{cite web|title='Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens' Co-Creator Teresa Hsiao Inks Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-co-creator-teresa-hsiao-inks-overall-deal-with-sony-pictures-television-1234923386/|work=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=January 31, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2022}}
Recently, Hsiao co-wrote the 2023 film Joy Ride.
Politics
In January 2017, Hsiao was among more than 2,000 Harvard alumni to add their names to an open letter to fellow alumnus and Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner,{{cite news |last1=Hallemann |first1=Caroline |title=Harvard Alums Request Meeting with Jared Kushner |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/a9449/harvard-alum-letter-jared-kushner/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Town & Country |date=February 1, 2017}} admonishing: "Truth. It is the guiding value of your alma mater; let it be a value in the Administration as well."{{cite web |last1=Rochelson |first1=Jacob |title=Open Letter to Jared Kushner from Harvard Alumni |url=https://medium.com/@davidrochelson/open-letter-to-jared-kushner-from-harvard-alumni-66f77e77ad94 |publisher=Medium |access-date=7 May 2021}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|4183757}}
- [https://www.instagram.com/teresa.hsiao/ Instagram account]
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Category:American television producers
Category:American women television producers
Category:American television writers
Category:American women television writers
Category:American people of Taiwanese descent
Category:Harvard University alumni