Monique’s experience spans twenty years as a writer and producer of film, books, and new media.
Her partnership with Suha Araj began in 2006 when they launched DivineCaroline.com, a premiere web 2.0 destination for women. After hours, they wrote screenplays and consulted during the development of Khsara. Monique began her career as a broadcast journalist in California’s Napa Valley in 1989, covering the wine industry and local politics.
After graduate study in history at Ohio University she pursued New York publishing in 1994. She has since authored titles on film, science, food, sports, and culture for The Walt Disney Company, National Geographic, Discovery, and Random House.
Her film-related writing led her to jobs as script supervisor, producer, and talent. She has optioned two TV projects about incarcerated pregnant women and urban bee keeping, and produced a pilot for a comedic web series about modern parenting.
She is now developing films about maternal health and urban farming.