Rosa Navarrete is a Peruvian immigrant raised in Los Angeles. She is a CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge winner for In Tune, a short film developed with incredible collaborators. She recently showcased an excerpt of her TV pilot OCCUPIED as a fellow with The Disruptors Fellowship through The Center for Cultural Power. Rosa is part of the inaugural collective for BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab with Justice for My Sister (2021), and the BIPOC Critic's Lab with criticism writer Jose Solís. She co-directed Matriarchy short film with Patricia Zamorano, which showcased at The Schwules Museum in Berlin, Germany, as part of their 12 Moons Exhibit curated by Vera Hofmann (2018). Rosa is a writer/director collaborator on The Train (2021) a short film led by Yelyna De Leon that screened at LA Skins Film Festival (2021). In 2023, Sippin', a short film directed by Rosa Navarrete and written by Gilbert Salazar won the Spirit of the Festival Award at the LIFE Film Festival. In 2022, she co-created an Afro-Futuristic dance film titled A'we Deh Ya directed by Paloma McGregor and it won the Best Screendance Film at the Denton Black Film Festival (2022).

Prior to developing, producing and collaborating on independent projects, Rosa worked in Production and Development departments in spaces like Univision Network, ColorForce Inc. via DreamWorks Studios, and Disney.

Rosa is a member of GOALIES Writing Group led by Victor Dueñas, and the Chicana Directors Initiative led by Kayden Phoenix. She keeps her creative muscle alive by directing, writing and performing for theater stages. Rosa has produced work at Casa 0101 Theater, The Wayward Artist, Frida Kahlo Theater & The Complex. 

Rosa is developing an action-comedy feature film. She aspires to someday join a Comedy or Dramatic TV Writer’s Room because creative collaborating and story development is where she shines best. When not making films, Rosa spends time with family and gives back to her community. She serves on the Refugee Children Center board, and is the National Playwriting Program's Vice Chair for The Kennedy Center America College Theater Festival (KCACTF).