Alex Alpharaoh is a nationally recognized Guatemalan born actor, writer, poet, solo performer, and teaching artist from Los Angeles.

Armando Ibañez is a Latinx queer immigrant filmmaker from Acapulco Guerrero, Mexico.

Diana “D” wasn’t always a filmmaker. Before writing screenplays and making movies, she was a social worker for at-risk youth: incarcerated, runaway and homeless kids in Hollywood.

Gulet Isse is a trans, Somali American screenwriter, actor, and poet from New Orleans.

Jacquelyn Revere is from Inglewood Ca. After college, she moved to NYC to pursue a career in theatre.

Jasmin Benward (She/They) is a Texas born Black, queer, invisibly disabled, multi-gifted artist who currently lives in South Los Angeles by way of Atlanta, Georgia and Brooklyn, New York.

Kai is an award-winning writer and Los Angeles-based standup comedian who performs at comedy clubs, bars, and sketchy basements across the country.

Kryzz Gautier is a Queer, Afro-Latina, formerly undocumented writer-director from the Dominican Republic who specializes in character-driven, grounded sci-fi and genre at large.

Leo Aquino is a screenwriter, poet, and award-winning journalist.

Independent filmmaker Morgan B. Powell (they/she/he) is a Black trans-nonbinary New York-born and based writer, director, producer, and photographer.

Nasreen is an award winning filmmaker whose work illuminates historically excluded voices, and normalizes intersectional storytelling.

Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri is a 1st gen writer, director, and musician with Latine and MENASA heritage.

PAGES Matam (They/he) is a genderqueer med-school dropout turned award-winning film-poet.

Rubén Mendive is a queer, formerly undocumented, Mexican immigrant raised on the South Side of Chicago.

Sam Mistry is an LA-based writer and actor with a background in theater, film, and television.