The Ojalá Team

Tanya Saracho is a playwright and television writer who most previously served as creator, showrunner, and executive producer of “Vida” on Starz, which earned 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes for all three of its seasons.

Saracho recently signed an overall deal with Universal Content Productions (UCP), and as part of the deal, she is establishing a lab and incubator program aimed to nurture, amplify, guide, and empower intersectional Latine voices. Her television credits include “How to Get Away with Murder,” HBO's “Looking,” and “Devious Maids.”

Named one of “TV Scribes to Watch” by Variety in 2018, Saracho was honored by the LGBTQ California Legislative Caucus as their 2020 Pride Month Honoree.  She received the Rising Star Award at the Outfest Legacy Awards, and was awarded the New Voice Award by Final Draft.  “Vida” won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2019, and was nominated for seasons two and three as well.  The series was also honored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition with the 2019 Impact Award, won the Audience Award at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, and made its season two premiere as an Official Selection of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

Saracho co-founded the Untitled Latinx Project, whose mission is to increase Latine representation in television, broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms through content created by Latine writers, along with co-founding the Writers Access Support Staff Training Program, to help increase representation and opportunities for underrepresented communities. 

Christine Dávila is currently the Head of Development and Production for Ojalá, founded by Tanya Saracho, creator, showrunner, and executive producer of “Vida” on Starz. The company has a wide ranging development deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, which includes the launch of The Ojalá Ignition Lab. 

Prior to Ojalá she was Director of Development at Warner Bros’ Stage 13, a content studio/pod.  In this role she developed shows created by diverse and emerging creators.  Among the series she was lead executive and oversaw production for was the Emmy nominated comedy series “It’s Bruno”, created by Solvan “Slick” Naim, and “Two Sentence Horror Stories,” the current half-hour psychological horror anthology series created by Vera Miao for The CW. 

Previously, Davila worked with Elena Fortes, Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal on Ambulante, establishing the U.S. non-profit arm of the traveling international documentary film festival. She has been a Programming Associate/Consultant at Sundance Film Festival since 2007.  She has also been on the programming teams of LA Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, San Antonio’s CineFestival and The Morelia International Film Festival. She is currently on the Industry Advisory board of SXSW and Edward James Olmos’ Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.