Chelby Joseph

2023 Black Writers In Focus Fellow
New York University

HOW TO SURVIVE PAST 18
Logline: After a virus wipes out everyone over the age of eighteen, two sisters travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to help rebuild society alongside the immature, teenage survivors of a post-apocalyptic country.

Chelby is a 2023 Tisch graduate who studied Dramatic Writing, Producing, and Mandarin-Chinese. She has interned at HBO, Saturday Night Live, Spotify, Sony Pictures, and more. Now an Assistant at Nickelodeon, Chelby is working toward a career in animation or comedy writing, combining her love of storytelling with her sense of humor. When she’s not working, Chelby loves playing guitar, joking about finally getting contacts, and, of course, writing.