Emmy Award-winning director Jean Shim started her career directing television promos, feature trailers, and commercials. As head Creative Director, Shim’s credits include directing image campaigns for the Sci-Fi Channel, launching a network for Samsung Korea (casting John Cho), and creating main titles for Rysher Entertainment and Buena Vista Television. In 2005, Jean transitioned to independent film making. She was accepted to the Tribeca Film Festival All Access as a new director. She directed Starlight Inn, a short film starring Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club, Karate Kid) and Erin Daniels (The L Word). Starlight Inn was notable for featuring a woman director, producer, director of photography, editor, costume designer and assistant director. She took a break from the industry to raise a family and returned in 2019 to focus on stories with compelling Asian narratives. In 2021, she produced the feature narrative Shaky Shivers (directorial debut of Sung Kang of The Fast and the Furious).

Emerson Min is a Korean American actor who started his career at four years old in a Samsung commercial. That same year, he was cast in a short film, Starlight Inn. Since then he has been in 30+ national commercials and co-starred in TV shows including New Girl (FOX), Adam Ruins Everything (HBO), Teachers (TV LAND), Mary+Jane (MTV), Speechless (ABC), Superstore (ABC), and Alex Inc. (ABC). Emerson was cast in a recurring role for 4 years on Black-ish (ABC). His film credits include Literally, Right Before Aaron and playing young Marcus (Randall Park) in Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe, a breakout hit romantic comedy with two Asian American leads. In 2023, he was cast in lead dramatic roles in A Great Divide (Ken Jeong), and action film Darkness of Man (Jean Claude Van Damme).

Born near the salty shores of San Clemente, California, West Mulholland grew up surfing the iconic waves of Trestles and San Onofre, where he reoccurred as Axel on TNT's crime drama, ANIMAL KINGDOM. While a student at the Orange County School of the Arts, he participated in Anna Deavere Smith's Identity Project master class, where he wrote, produced, and performed MOCHI, a segment on his tisoy Filipino & Japanese ethnicity. Before that, he was in FX's Marvel comic book series, LEGION, and Hulu's drama LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. West is currently featured as Mitch Crenshaw in David Slade's fantasy/horror film DARK HARVEST (MGM), which premiered in theaters in early October and is now streaming. Given his commitment to social justice and his Asian heritage, West is thrilled to be a part of A GREAT DIVIDE. West is currently surfing Steamer Lane while studying Film and Creative Writing at Stanford University.

Mina Na Rae Fedor (15) is the founder and Executive Director of AAPI Youth Rising, a national student organization with 100+ chapters that takes small actions to make positive change.

AYR supports the inclusion of diverse histories and voices in K-12 curricula by fostering youth civic action and elevating youth voices through art and storytelling. AYR volunteers to teach their ONE DAY OF AAPI HISTORY lesson about Asians in America to classrooms nationwide. The lesson will reach 54,000+ school districts in 2023. She frequently speaks out about teen mental health, reproductive justice, the lived AANHPI experience, and more.

Additionally, President Biden named Mina as a “Uniter” at the “United We Stand Summit” in 2022 and was a finalist for Time for Kids . She enjoys debate, art, and boba hunting.