Monica Sotto is a Filipina-American Production Designer and Art Director, raised and based in Los Angeles, CA. From a young age, she was drawn to fine arts and later dreamed of working in cinema. That creative spark led her to the University of Southern California, where she majored in Cinema Production (now known as the School of Cinematic Arts) and discovered her passion for Art Direction.

After graduating from USC film school, Monica became agency assistant at Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann (later known as ICM, then CAA), later moving with her Physical Production team to Paradigm. She continued designing short films and student projects alongside her agency work. Longing to return to the creative energy of the set, she accepted a position in the Art Department on The Express (Universal Pictures), launching her career as an Art Department Coordinator and marking her first on-location experience in Chicago, IL.

Since then, Monica has worked across the country—in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Boston and the Big Island of Hawaii—building a career as an Art Department Coordinator, Assistant Art Director, Art Director, and ultimately as a Production Designer. A proud I.A.T.S.E. union member, she is currently part of the Art Directors Guild (Local 800) and was previously a member of Local 871.

In 2020, Monica received the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Variety, Reality, or Event Special for her work on Drunk History. That same year, she and her team were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award at the 72nd Emmys. She first joined the Television Academy in 2017 following Drunk History's nomination at the 69th Emmys. She is a current Television Academy member and peer group moderator for the Art Directors and Set Decorators Group.

Monica is currently living in Los Angeles with her husband and their two magical black cats.