Camila María Concepción (December 20, 1991 – February 19, 2020) was an American

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and

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activist.

Biography

Concepción was born in California and grew up in

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and El Monte. She graduated from

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with a degree in American Studies, writing her prizewinning senior thesis on the relationship between American “minority” literature and theories of decolonization. Concepción was an assistant writer for the 2020

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comedy-drama original series ''

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'', helping write the ninth episode "Protest Tacos", directed by Andrew Ahn. She was also a staff writer on Netflix's 2019 zombie comedy-drama series '' Daybreak''. Her artistic inspirations were Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Octavia Butler, Paul Auster, butterflies, and Cher Horowitz. Concepción was a prolific writer and an active

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transgender rights activist. She was represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) and took part in

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's ''Time's Up 50/50 by 2020'' Initiative, advocating for more diverse representation in the entertainment industry. In 2018, she spoke about transgender representation in the media at the

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. She died by

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on February 19, 2020, in

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References

1991 births 2020 deaths 2020 suicides American women television writers Television writers from California American transgender women Hispanic and Latino American writers LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American people LGBTQ people from California Transgender-related suicides People from El Monte, California Suicides in California Transgender women writers Transgender rights activists Yale University alumni American transgender writers American LGBTQ screenwriters Transgender screenwriters 21st-century American LGBTQ people Transgender history in the United States {{LGBT-activist-stub