Adelina Anthony (she/they) is a critically acclaimed Two Spirit, Xicana, Lesbian artist, whose film works center characters/stories from LGBTQ+ Latinx, QTBIPOC communities. Her award-winning short screenplays/films include You’re Dead to Me, Get the Life, Amigas with Benefits, Ode to Pablo, and The Daily War. They are a fellow of Film Independent’s Project Involve, Arts Matter Foundation, and a three time Imagen Award winner. She's a 2021 HBO Pa'Lante Promise/Warner Media 150 Artist. They have twice directed the online showcase of The Disruptors. Along with her co-writer, they were selected for the NALIP Latino Media Market fellowship and as Outfest Notable writers in 2022. www.adelinaanthony.com

Ernesto Javier Martínez (he/him) is an award-winning queer Chicano/Puerto Rican writer and educator, best known for the animated kids movie Daniel Visits a New Neighborhood (PBS, 2022), the short film La Serenata (HBO Max, 2020-22), and the bilingual queer children's book, When We Love Someone We Sing to Them (Reflection Press, 2018). He is  an internationally recognized scholar and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lambda Literary Award, the Imagen Award, the HBO Latinx Film Competition Award, the Outfest Screenwriting Lab Notable Writer Award, the University of Oregon's Faculty Excellence Award, and two International Latino Book Awards. www.ernestojaviermartinez.com

Marisa Becerra (she/her/hers) is an entrepreneur and business manager. In 2012, she became the co-founder of AdeRisa Productions, an independent production company founded to create film works centering Two Spirit/LGBTQ+ Xicana/x, Mexican and Latinx stories. Marisa was the leading Executive Producer on: Forgiving Heart (2013), The Good Kind (2014), Bruising for Besos (2016), Gold Star (2016), Private Dick (Web Series) (2017), Amigas with Benefits (2017), La Serenata (2019), and Ode to Pablo (2019). In addition, she penned the short film Guarding Santos (2019).

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Nasreen Alkhateeb (she/her/hers) is an award winning cinematographer whose work illuminates historically excluded voices and normalizes intersectional storytelling.  Successful productions include, lensing Kamala Harris’ Vice Presidential campaign, Oprah’s Emmy award series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Netflix’s Unknown Cosmic Time Machine, Vogue’s Supreme Models, and Apple+ Dear… episode with Billy Porter. Nasreen is a Visions mentee of the American Society of Cinematographers, a fellow of the Ford & Mellon Foundation’s Disability Futures, a fellow of The Disruptors, a fellow of Sundance’s Accessible Futures Intensive, an alumni of the RespectAbility Lab, and a fellow of the WIF Creative Circle.

Hector H. Pérez (he/him/his) is a Grammy and Oscar-nominated San Francisco-based composer, producer and founder of the premier studio, Music Orange. He co-scored Daughter From Danang, the 2003 Sundance Grand Jury selection, which was also nominated for an Academy Award. He co-scored the HBO Sundance winner My Flesh and Blood in 2004. He mixed and co-produced grammy-nominated albums such as Maldita Vecindad's 2010 album Circular Colectivo and Los Cojolites Sembrando Flores. In 2013, his studio project "Sistema Bomb" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album in the 'Latin Rock/Urban/Alternative' category.  In 2019 he scored  La Serenata short film.

Luie P. García has been a production designer since 2010. Originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico - her experience includes feature films, episodic programming, music videos, commercials, new media content, stage design and residential/industrial renovation makeovers.
Currently and previously involved with youth mentorship programs including "Youth Cinema Project" by The Latino Film Institute, "To Foster Change" by PBS and "Nuevas Novelas" and Video Diaries programs by Justice for my Sister. Bilingual in Spanish and on camera design expert on "Emprendedores" Season 1, episodes 2-6 on Discovery in Español. She is a member of ADG-IATSE Local 800. 

Stacy I. Macias (she/hers) is an assistant professor at California State University, Long Beach. She grew up in South El Monte, CA and is a co-founding member of Tongues, a queer, lesbian, and bisexual women of color project and zine that was active 1999-2010. At East L.A.’s Bienestar, she co-created the LGBTQ youth program, Q.U.E. P.A.S.A, and founded the lesbian and bisexual women’s program, L.U.N.A (Latinas Understanding the Need for Action). She has been a costume designer for AdeRisa Productions since 2015. 

Founder of Kitzo Productions, Karla Legaspy (she/hers) is a Two Spirit MeXICANA filmmaker raised in East Los Angeles. She is a two-time awardee of the Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Content Fund.  Karla’s is known for her PBS audience award winning film “Gold Star." She is the producer of the acclaimed series Undocumented Tales: Season 3 now playing on YouTube. Her latest LPB film is The Daily War. She is currently co-writing a comedy feature script with Adelina Anthony. She has been a core member of AdeRisa Productions since 2012. 

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nancy Chargualaf martin is an artist, mother, and grandmother, Certified Reiki Master, licensed massage therapist, dream tender, gatekeeper.  Her artwork has appeared in solo exhibitions in California and  México. Her biological family is from Malesso, Guåhan, and Mezquitic, México. She was raised by a Chumash step-father in Santa Barbara, and continues the work of her elders, especially in the Chamorro traditions. She has been a production designer and spiritual elder on  film sets for AdeRisa Productions since 2012.

Amaris Pueyes-Mendez is a writer/director who has made three short films, including her Jr. Thesis project, "Sueños Violentos." She is currently a senior at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, set to graduate in Spring 2024 with a specialization in Film & Television Production.