Phyllis Thinkii

Phyllis Thinkii was born in Kenya, East Africa. Unlike many Kenyans, the only marathon she's ever done was when running after chickens, cows, and goats on her family farm. After doing very well in high school, Phyllis' parents gave her the option to either go to Mombasa beach for two weeks or a chance to study abroad. At 19, she had never been on a plane before, so she chose the latter. While studying computer Engineering in Washington DC (she has a certificate signed by Bill Gates to prove this), Phyllis watched an unhealthy amount of TV and films in the evenings to soothe her homesickness. That led her to the curiosity of how the words on TV came to be. After an encounter with an Opus Dei nun who recommended a writing program in Los Angeles, plus discovering LA never gets snow (as of 2020), Phyllis shipped her car and never went back to DC again. Upon getting to Los Angeles, Phyllis worked at the Directors Guild of America, where she met Mel Brooks and shook his hand, Disney studios, and Warner Brothers, where she ran into Chuck Lorre and tried to teach him a Swahili word. Phyllis speaks 4 languages: English, German, Meru, and Swahili. When Phyllis is not watching and breaking down episodes of TV shows, she's reading plays (recently read Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), fiction or listening to the Hamilton Soundtrack for the umpteenth time. You can follow her on Twitter @PhyllisThinkii- she's not weird at all.