Kayden Phoenix is a Chicana Writer and Director from East Los Angeles, CA. 

Kayden is a semi-finalist for 2025 Sundance Development Track, a semi-finalist for Universal Animation Writer's Program, a Film Fatales Fellowship Finalist for Stowe Story Lab, a 2024 Stowe Narrative Lab Alumni, a quarter-finalist for Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Contest, and recipient of Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program.

Kayden made history by creating the first-ever Latina superhero team in comic book history with her graphic novels, A LA BRAVA, now under the Andrews McMeel Publishing banner. For all-ages, she launched Princess Academia, a modern-day princess adventures series that redefines the genre. Under Artillery Network’s banner, Phoenix co-created and co-wrote mature action-packed stories like the .357 Magnum Opus series. Her latest comic, Lipstick Cliqa, a gripping three-part series about a Latina vampire gang, was slated by Sony Music Entertainment.

“A big part of my life’s purpose is to give voice to stories as multifaceted, atypical, and diverse as the people we find in the real world.”