Rosa Lisbeth Navarrete is a Peruvian-born, Los Angeles–raised writer and independent filmmaker. She is the winner of the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge for In Tune (2022), and a Disruptors Fellow with The Center for Cultural Power, where she developed and presented her original TV pilot Occupied. Rosa was also part of the inaugural BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab with Justice for My Sister and in the BIPOC Critics Lab led by writer Jose Solís.

Her directing credits include Confessions to the Moon, which has been accepted into 5 film festivals including Highland Park Independent Film Festival (2026), Sippin’ , which won the Spirit of the Festival Award at the LIFE Film Festival (2023). She is a co-writer/director on The Train, which screened at LA Skins Fest, and co-created ELLAY which was also featured at LA SKins Fest (2021). She co-directed Matriarchy (2018) with Patricia Zamorano, showcased at the Schwules Museum in Berlin as part of the 12 Moons Exhibit, and co-created A’we Deh Ya, an Afro-Futurism dance film directed by Paloma McGregor that received the Best Screendance Film Award (2022) at the Denton Black Film Festival.

Before establishing herself as an independent filmmaker, Rosa worked in Production and Development at Univision Network, ColorForce Inc., and Disney. She is a member of GOALS Writing Group and Chicana Directors Initiative. 

Rosa also directs for the stage, with credits with Theater Unleashed at The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026, Casa 0101 Theater, The Wayward Artist, Frida Kahlo Theater, the LGBT Center with Brown & Out Festival and The Complex.

Beyond her creative practices, Rosa serves on the board of the Refugee Children Center, and she is the Chair of the National Playwriting Program for the American College Theater Festival. She is motivated by supporting businesses, organizations and nonprofits whose work meaningfully serves communities that are too often overlooked.