Screenwriter credited as the creator of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, who wrote its opening episode Kids These Days and several further instalments of the first season.
Gaia Violo is a screenwriter and producer who was previously a co-creator of the thriller series Absentia. She is credited as the creator of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which is run by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau as showrunners.
The series, set in the 32nd century after the events of Discovery, follows the first new class of cadets in more than a century. Violo wrote the premiere, Kids These Days, released in January 2026, which introduces Caleb Mir and Chancellor Nahla Ake.
She also co-wrote Vox in Excelso, centred on the Klingon cadet Jay-Den Kraag, and The Life of the Stars, and shares the story credit on the season finale, Rubincon.