Maria Perez-Brown is an Emmy Award winning writer, producer and executive,  currently serving as Head of Kids & Family for TIME Studios. Previously, Perez Brown was Head of Programming for NuvoTV and is the founder of Brown Kids Media. Perez-Brown has developed content for leading television brands,  including Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Disney, Sesame Workshop and Nelvana. Perez Brown is the creator and executive producer of Nickelodeon’s Taina, a live-action  series named Best Children’s Series by the Imagen Foundation and the National  Council of La Raza. Perez-Brown also created the landmark pre-school series  Gullah Gullah Island, which was named one of the nation’s “top 10 television  shows” by TV Guide and won a Parent's Choice Gold Awards, a National  Association of Minorities in Cable Award and four NAACP Image Award nominations.  

Perez-Brown is and Adjunct professor at Columbia University graduate School of  the Arts and is the Editor of Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph (2017), the author of the children’s book series, Zuri Pi Wonders  Why (2015) and Mama: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothers (2002). Perez-Brown received a JD from NYU Law School and a B.A. from Yale University. 

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