[7] An avid television watcher since childhood, Duncan grew up in Inland Empire, two hours east of Los Angeles.
[8] During her senior year in high school, Duncan had an internship at ABC Daytime, which she secured with help from Sarah Dorsey Rice of the Emma Bowen Foundation.
[9] She launched Cruel Summer,[1] as well as Single Drunk Female, the cable network's two most-watched original series.
[11] After launching the Onyx Collective for Disney in 2021,[12] Duncan oversaw the creation of its first title, Summer of Soul, produced by Questlove, which won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
[1] Onyx has also added The Hair Tales, Unprisoned, and The Plot,[1] as well as the critically acclaimed Reasonable Doubt, produced by Kerry Washington.