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 amazing colleagues. Rosa was part of the inaugural collective for BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab with Justice for My Sister (2021), and the BIPOC Critic's Lab with Jose Solís via The Kennedy Center (2020). 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 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 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 Film/TV 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 also directs, writes and performs for theater; an experience that enriches her writing skills. She has produced work at Casa 0101 Theater, The Wayward Artist, Frida Kahlo Theater & The Complex. 

Rosa is developing an action-comedy feature film set in the desert. Her goal is to someday join a 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 she's the Co-Vice Chair for the National Playwriting Program for The Kennedy Center ACTF.