Biography
Of her parents, Filloux says, "My dad was born in the center of France, and he became an adventurer," who sailed from France to New York in a catamaran. "My mom was a very literate person who loved literature" and wrote poetry in both French and English. As a child, Filloux moved with her family to San Diego, where she grew up. She says, "We grew up ... in this kind of schism of Algeria, France, and San Diego. So it made for a background of not really knowing where one belongs..."
Filloux received her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU) and her French Baccalaureate with Honors in Toulon, France.
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