Dent was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of a Central American mother and a father of African-American and Cherokee heritage, who met in New Orleans. She has been a journalist with the Associated Press and CBS. Dent's other non-Trek scripts include The Burning Zone and For Reel, and she has written and directed a number of TV commercials. This article is a stub relating to real-world information such as a performer, author, novel, magazine, or other production material. You can help Memory Alpha by fixing it.