Aurora De Luciahas made more than 1,000 TV episodes, airing on 36 networks, averaging more than one per week for her entire career, which began during her freshman year in college, when in March 2009, she was hired as a PA on “America’s Got Talent,” seasons 4-6.
In 2011, she became the set photographer on “Cake Boss.” From 2011-2012, she assisted in story departments on shows like “Breaking Pointe,” “Majors & Minors,” & “Model Latina.” Additionally, in 2011, she secured her first job as an assistant editor on “Swamp People,” and through 2014, kept working as an assistant editor on shows including, “I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’,” and “Ultimate Survival Alaska.”
In 2014-2015, she undertook post-coordinating, producing, and some assistant editing. On Monday, March 14, 2016, she became an editor on “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,” both rising above the assistant level and launching into a genre she was more passionate about. She edited there until the show went off the air on August 18, 2016. She then worked on TruTV’s “Greatest Ever” from Nightly’s cancelation through “Greatest Ever”‘s cancelation on May 26, 2017.
From 2017 – 2019, she did a stint “The Daily Show,” then Vh1’s sketch show “Grown & Sexy,” then Will Smith’s socials, Tastemade, and as lead editor on the talk show “Beauty and Bubbles” until its only season finished in Feb 2020. She then had a run of mainly political credits, in 2020 & 2021, editing & producing on “The Carlos Watson Show,” doing deep dives on advocates like Pete Buttigieg, Debbie Allen, and Anita Hill; she also edited on LeBron James’ “Bear Witness, Take Action 2: Continuing the Movement,” a special about systemic racism and intersectionality, and edited on Ava DuVernay’s “Home Sweet Home” for NBC.
In her career, Aurora’s ascended from assisting on certain shows without a single female editor, to working as the supervising post producer and lead editor on her 1000th-episode-show covering battleground states during the 2024 election and its aftermath.
