Carol-Lynn Parente
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Carol-Lynn Parente | |
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| Born | December 15, 1963 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Known for | Executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street / Creator of Hero Elementary & Skillsville |
Carol-Lynn Parente (born December 15, 1963) is an American television producer, known as the executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street and creating the PBS KIDS series Hero Elementary & Skillsville.[1]
Carol-Lynn Parente was born in Queens, and grew up in West Milford, New Jersey. She majored in marketing and economics at Rutgers University.[2]
Career
Parente began working on the children's educational TV series Sesame Street as a post Production Assistant.[3]
Parente managed the animation and post production of the show's [[[Elmo's World]] segment, introduced to the show in 1998. She has also done similar work on Elmo's World: Happy Holidays and Kids Favorite Songs 2, both of which were winners of Telly Awards.[3]
She was promoted to the position of executive producer in June 2005.[3] She has won multiple Emmy Awards for her work on the show.[2] As senior producer, Parente shared the Emmy Award in 2006 for "Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series", the seventh award she has earned.[3]
