About Me

Belinda Garcia-Maguid (she/her) is a first-generation Filipina-American writer born and raised in the Bay Area. She fell in love with writing as early as she can remember, but found her true passion in screenwriting during her Writing for Film, Television & Digital Media program at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. While at AAU, she was a Best Screenplay Finalist for NXTUP Fest in 2018 for her script “Talking in Cars” and a Best Screenplay Winner in 2019 for her script “Cold Lunch.” In college, Belinda wrote video game and esports journalism in her free time for websites like DBLTAP Esports and Geeks of Color, which took her to gaming events all over the country. She also worked as a Production Assistant for various film projects, like the feature Bring Me an Avocado.

After college, Belinda began her career in games in PR/Communications, starting in indies with popagenda before moving into the AAA publishing space at Ubisoft. She’s led efforts for many different titles during this time; from beloved indie darlings like Spiritfarer, Falcon Age, and Creature in the Well to ongoing franchises Rainbow Six Siege and Anno 1800.

Though communications was an exciting job and allowed her to learn more about video game development, her dream was always to write them. Around this time is when she was offered her first opportunity to write on an indie game with Flight School Studio, Stonefly, which would debut her first game credit as a writer. Then, in 2021, Belinda was hired at Sledgehammer Games as an Associate Narrative Designer and would have her first AAA narrative design credits on Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. 

Following her time at Sledgehammer Games, Belinda landed at Crystal Dynamics as a Game Writer and Narrative Designer, working on their upcoming title Tomb Raider: Catalyst. She remains passionate about telling unique stories with genuine, diverse women characters. It's important for her to champion marginalized voices in her industry as much as possible throughout her career -- within the games and the teams that create them.

These days, Belinda resides in Oakland, California with her husband, two cats, and her overflowing stationery collection.