[4] Menon says while her parents encouraged her to pursue the arts, her father advised her to look at it as a hobby.

[4] Menon received a BA in English and Art History from Columbia, but while she was there, she began directing films and discovered a passion for the craft.

However, it wasn't until Menon released her feature-length debut that she started to get a great deal of recognition from the media.

[10] She had also worked as a director on the TV series The Magicians for an episode in the third, and two in the fourth season.

According to Syfy in 2022, Menon will direct a film based on Naomi Novik's best-selling YA fantasy A Deadly Education, in development by Mandeville Films as part of a series bought by Universal Hollywood.