After earning her MBA at Vanderbilt University, Eafat Newton worked as an account manager at a leading multinational market research firm. Eager to explore human behavior beyond data analysis, she turned to creative writing and completed a Screenwriting Certificate from Emerson College.
Her work includes five feature scripts and four television pilots. Her script, Unorthodox, won the Bronze Prize for TV Sitcom Pilot in the 2018 Page Screenwriting Competition.
She has been a member of HSSW since 2013. When not writing scripts, Eafat works as co-producer for Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival.