Francesca R. Barjon (she/her) is a Haitian-American writer and community organizer based in NY. Francesca attended NYU Stern, then worked as a Certified Public Accountant and healthcare consultant. After accepting her bisexuality, Francesca helped organize the 2019 Queer Liberation March to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the 2020 Queer Liberation March for Black lives and against police brutality. Francesca focuses on bridging cultural gaps and facilitating difficult conversations while empowering Black people, LGBTQIATS+ people, disabled people, and other marginalized groups in every space she is in.
Francesca tells stories that authentically portray communities and show the empowering and uplifting sides of their existence. She lives by the tenet “none are free, until all are free” and strives to practice radical empathy in building relationships. Francesca’s writing portfolio includes screenplays, short films, TV pilots, short stories, and poetry. Francesca specializes in dramas, but knows that life is not solely dramatic, so she strategically places humor in her work. She creates characters that feel authentic and relatable, and her inclusion work as an organizer has given her a wealth of knowledge about colorism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination that are not often tackled on TV.
Francesca’s identities and experiences, from corporate America to community organizing, have forced her to realize no marginalized group can simply achieve their way out of oppression. Francesca hopes to change the narrative that the media propagates about respectability politics for marginalized groups.