Liz Hara is a Los Angeles-based writer, builder, and puppeteer. Liz writes for Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Sesame Street, where she started as a puppet builder when she was 19 (then never left). She has won Emmys for her work on Sesame Street (Costume Design and Outstanding Writing). She wrote the recent Sesame Street special, See Us Coming Together, introducing the first Asian-American Muppet, Ji-Young. She has written for CBS’ Life in Pieces, Netflix’s Lego Ninjago, and Waffles and Mochi’s Restaurant, Apple +’s Helpsters, Donkey Hodie, OddSquad, and several other PBS shows. In her other life, Liz has built puppets for Broadway, including Avenue Q, Spider-Man, and The Lion King. Liz is an O’Neill alum, having attended as a participant, an Emerging Artist, and an Artist-in-Residence. She’s also a fantastic dancer, is super fun at weddings, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of candy.