Chinaka Hodge — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Full Time Artist at Chinaka Hodge, Inc. since 2012.
Hired as head writer on Marvel Studios' streaming series Ironheart for Disney+ in April 2021.
Author of poetry collections "Dated Emcees" (2016) and "For Girls with Hips: Collected Poems and Writings" (2006).
Founding member of the collaborative hip hop ensemble The Getback.
Received an MFA in Writing for Film and TV from USC in 2012 and a BA from NYU in 2006.
Was a Sundance Feature Film lab Fellow in 2013 for her script, "700th&Int'l."

Biography

Chinaka Hodge is an American poet, educator, playwright, and screenwriter born in Oakland, California, in 1984. She graduated from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2006 and received her MFA in Writing for Film and TV from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 2012, after being awarded USC's Annenberg Fellowship.

Hodge has received national recognition for her publications, particularly her artistic work on gentrification.