Laura Reid Ballou

As an educator, a writer and script supervisor, Laura believes that the art of storytelling is a powerful tool to touch hearts, change minds and affect social change. Laura graduated with a BA in Political Science and History at the University of Texas at Arlington. She continued her education at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks for her teacher's certification. In 2011, she earned a Professional Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA. She is a Northern Virginia Writing Project teacher consultant at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During the past ten years, Laura's screenplays have placed and won various film festivals and screenwriting competitions. As a script coach, she guides writers as they build their stories. As a script supervisor, she helps independent film makers perfect their scripts and provides script breakdowns in production. She also writes original screenplays and scripts for independent book authors whose books are being adapted into film. In the past, she has worked with CityLitProject in Baltimore, Maryland as a script consultant and panelist. Born in Puerto Rico, Laura is honored to be a part of a movement to bring the Latino community of creatives to the forefront of Hollywood's Industry. Laura's Puerto Rican heritage, faith, love of history, teaching experiences, and living and traveling around the world as a military spouse have been the inspiration for her writing. She writes to offer audiences fresh, new experiences in hopes that they can better understand themselves and others.