Nancy M. Pimental got a degree in chemical engineering.  She then did what all engineers do.  Moved to LA to perform comedy.

Her writing career began with a spec of South Park, a screenplay The Sweetest Thing, and a pilot starring Jenny McCarthy.

Nancy was nominated for 2 Emmys.  South Park and co-hosting Win Ben Stein's Money.

She won neither.

Nancy's an executive producer/writer on Shameless and a consulting producer on The Newsroom.

She directed a commercial for The WWF - pandas, not wrestlers - and the Shameless webisodes.