Albuquerque Journal Coverage by Adrian Gomez
The TV series pilot was filmed in New Mexico in spring 2020 and it comes from a personal place for Del Rey.
“It’s about Latinos working on Capitol Hill,” Del Rey says.
Del Rey wrote it based on her time working as a congressional intern for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, when she was a U.S. house representative in 2015.
The fictional pilot follows a new congressional intern, Dolly Golightly, played by Elese Jones, as she navigates the realities of working in Washington, D.C., facing constant reprimands over her dress and relationships with fellow Latino interns. When an unwanted advance by a congressman reveals that Dolly is transgender, her boss, Representative Melissa Lopez-Gaffney, played by Jeanette Aguilar Harris, terminates her. Golightly ruffles the feathers of a politician vying to become the first Latina president, who then tries to kick her off the Hill. Dolly begins to realize that this hill isn’t going to be easy to climb.
