Robia Sara Rashid (born July 30, 1977)[1] is an American television writer-producer andshowrunner.[2] She is widely known as the creator ofNetflix original seriesAtypical. Rashid was also the co-story editor, co-producer and supervising producer of theCBS sitcom seriesHow I Met Your Mother.
Rashid said that she grew up in a biracial family in northern Vermont.[3] She is half-Pakistani, half-European.[2][4] Her father is fromPakistan and her mother's family's origins are from England and Ireland. She said her family was very influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, and were, as she describes them, hippies.[5]
Rashid got her start working in the non-profit sector at thePosse Foundation in a college scholarship and mentorship program for inner city kids in Boston.[6][7]
Rashid was a playwright in New York City before starting to work in network television.[7]
Rashid's writing professor at NYU,Cindy Chupack, shared a spec script with her agent, which led to a writing job on the final season ofWill & Grace, which she got immediately after graduating from NYU.[7]
From 2008 to 2012, Rashid worked on the TV showHow I Met Your Mother, where she started out as a writer and eventually became a supervising producer.[6] From 2014 to 2015, Rashid also co-executive produced and wrote one episode of the TV series,The Goldbergs.[5]
2008-2012:How I Met Your Mother TV series – supervising producer (24 episodes), co-producer (24 episodes), executive story editor (24 episodes), story editor (24 episodes), written by (5 episodes)
2011:The Trainee TV series – associate producer (3 episodes)
2012:Friend Me TV series – co-executive producer (8 episodes), written by (1 episode: "Amanda Is Now Friends with Chuck")
2013:Camp TV series – consulting producer (1 episode), written by (1 episode: "The Wedding")
2014:Bad Teacher TV series – consulting producer (12 episodes)
2014-2015:The Goldbergs TV series – co-executive producer (24 episodes), written by (1 episode: "I Rode a Hoverboard!")
2017-2021:Atypical TV series – creator (28 episodes), executive producer (18 episodes), written by (9 episodes), director (1 episode)
