Remix: How Showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez Stays in High Demand

Latina to Latina

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Aliciamenendez, Entrepreneurship, News, Entertainment News, 519788, Business, Latinas, Lantiguawilliams, Latinos, Hispanics, Society & Culture

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Her life story is the stuff of movies. She was a goth kid in private school while her dad ran an underground gambling syndicate. A teacher suggested she write about it. And today she's the executive producer of USA's hit drama Queen of the South. The plot points connecting the two eras are filled with derailed projects, hard choices, and moments of euphoric triumph. In this lucid interview, Alicia gets every detail. Follow Dailyn on Twitter @dailynrod. If you loved this episode, listen to Why TV Showrunner Ilana Peña Craves Complicated Girl Characters and How Aimee Garcia Took Charge of Her Hollywood Career. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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0:00.0	so happy to share another specially curated batch of episodes featuring some of the inspiring
0:05.2	women we've had on the show.
0:11.8	Dailin Rodriguez is considered a Hollywood unicorn, a Latina who has risen through the ranks
0:16.8	to become a television showrunner. She has written for a lot of shows, including the George Lopez show and Ugly Betty,
0:22.5	and now Queen of the South,
0:24.0	where she is also the executive producer.
0:26.2	It was not a straight shot to get there, far from it,
0:29.1	and Dealin is really honest about what it took to make that rise,
0:32.3	the disappointment she experienced when projects stalled out,
0:35.2	and what it is like to finally be in high demand.
0:45.4	Dylan, your Twitter bio says that you're born in Washington Heights, but you call yourself
0:51.7	a New York slash New Jersey girl. So as a New Jersey Cuban, I need to know where in New Jersey.
0:57.8	So we moved to New Jersey when I was nine.
1:00.8	We moved around in Bergen County.
1:02.8	So we moved to Cliffside Park, then we moved to Fort Lee,
1:05.4	and then we settled in T-neck.
1:07.2	And I went to high school in Englewood.
1:09.8	I went to Dwight Englewood.
1:11.0	I went to Dwight Englewood. I went to Dwight Englewood.
1:12.9	Shut up.
1:15.1	Yeah. So I grew up in Union City, which is where, you know, all the humans didn't go to Miami.
1:20.8	And then I would have graduated from Dwight in 2001.
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