About
Peruvian
Immigrant
Writer
Actor
Director
Rosa Navarrete is an LA based artist originally from Perú. She is a CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge winner for In Tune, a short film developed with amazing colleagues. Rosa was part of the inaugural collective for BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab with Justice for My Sister & BIPOC Critic's Lab with Jose Solís via The Kennedy Center (2020). She co-directed Matriarchy short film with Patricia Zamorano, which was showcased at The Schwules Museum in Berlin, Germany, as part of their 12 Moons exhibit (2018). She was a writer/director collaborator on The Train (2021) a series of episodes turned short film led by showrunner 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 and edited an Afro-Futuristic dance film titled A'we Deh Ya directed by Paloma McGregor that won the Best Screendance Film at the Denton Black Film Festival (2022). Prior to developing and collaborating on projects, Rosa worked in film/TV in spaces like Univistion Network, ColorForce Inc., and Disney.
Rosa is a member of GOALIES Writing Group led by Victor Dueñas and became a recent member of the Chicana Directors Initiative led by Kayden Phoenix. Rosa is currently developing a comedic feature film. Her goal is to someday join a TV Writer’s Room. When not making films, Rosa enjoys spending time with family and giving back to her community. She serves on the Casa 0101 Theater & Refugee Children Center board.
LIFE Film Festival - Sippin'
Winner of "Spirit of the Festival" Award
Los Angeles, CA - 2023
1st Place Winner - "CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge" - In Tune
Los Angeles, CA - 2022
US Congress: House of Representatives Certificate of Special Recognition for 2021 Boca de Oro Visual Arts Festival w/
The Wayward Artist
Santa Ana - 2021
Art of Leadership: From Individual to Collective Impact with LA County for Arts
Los Angeles - 2020
Emergent Content Creator with NALIP
Los Angeles - 2018 , 2019, 2021
Certificate of Recognition from The City of Los Angeles for TNH Productions' bilingual performance Aladdin: Dual Language Edition
Los Angeles - 2017
LGBTQ+ Hero w/ Q Youth Foundation
Los Angeles - 2016
1st Place: "Change in Motion"
Multimedia Contest with
The American Immigration Council
Washington, DC - 2013
Refugee Children Center
San Fernando Valley, CA
2024
Casa 0101 Theater, Board Member
Los Angeles, CA
2017-Present
Artists En Acción
www.instagram.com/artistsenaccion
Los Angeles, CA
2019-Present
Ella Sports Foundation
https://ellasportsfoundation.org
2021-Present
Angela's Pulse, Core Artist
New York, NY
2013-Present
Inner City Filmmakers, Graduate
Los Angeles, CA
2002
Yoga Certification: People's Yoga Teacher Training, 2023
Spectrum News 1: Invertigo Dance Theatre event celebrates the summer solstice, tackles environmental justice, 2023
LinkedIn: Robert M. Bakish, President & CEO at Paramount LinkedIn Shout Out!, 2022
Variety: CBS Studios Announces BIPOC Casting Fellowship, Sets Second Cohort for Leadership Pipeline Challenge, 2022
Persistence of Sound: "Chabuca Susana Mami & Me" Chicanas, Cholas, y Chisme, 2021
American Theatre: Jose Solís: The Critic Cheerleader, and Critics' Lab Leader, 2020
The Queer 26: The Dark Comedy "Ellay" Focuses on the Latinx Experience in Los Angeles, April 2020
LA LISTA Podcast: Rosa Navarrete, 2019
Los Angeles Times: 'Teatro Moz': A theater festival in Boyle Heights takes on love, loss and the Mexican fascination with Morrissey, 2016
Brooklyn & Boyle: "Comete Flores" Chicanas, Cholas, y Chisme, 2017
LA1News: "El Rey" Chicanas, Cholas, y Chisme, 2016
Culture/Strike: The Art of Being Brown, Undocunation at Cal, 2013