October 2020 www.womanthismonth.com 10 PEOPLE | interview “The creative adult is the child who survived.” Forever one of our favourite quotes, it perfectly captures the personality of the Toronto-based screenwriter and musician, Marushka Jessica Almeida. From Corporate to Creative A third culture kid, born in Bahrain and bred in India - Marushka was on her way to becoming a South Asian’s parents’ dream - a chartered accountant. However, taking a series of interesting leaps, she successfully moved from corporate to creative and is now in “development hell” with her dark comedy half-hour series ‘Tendencies’ and her digital IPF funded series ‘Get Up, Aisha’. Here’s what she has to say: A still from the series ‘Get Up, Aisha’
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