Tracy Quan is ethnically Chinese and born in Vietnam. Growing up in Da Nang, she lived in a tight Chinese community attending Chinese school and learning Chinese, Vietnamese, and some English. Life was great until the Vietnam War. Along with her family, Tracy luckily escaped Vietnam by boat. Nowadays, America is home. For that reason and more, Tracy feels blessed and grateful.

Kayli Kimura is a Japanese-American creative director, visual storyteller, and talent manager. Her work spans across various genres with a focus on non-fiction storytelling and musically-driven films. In addition to her directorial and cinematography work, Kayli worked in the camera department for a variety of commercials, TV shows, documentaries and music videos including projects for Netflix, Hulu, Food Network, PBS, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Telfar. Kayli is the creative director and manager for Queens, NY-born, Nigerian-American rapper, AKINYEMI. Kayli was born and raised in Boulder, CO and recently relocated to LA after living in NYC for almost 5 years. She graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine with majors in Sociology and Environmental Studies and a minor in Music.

Patty Fong became a film maker by accident. After attending a local festival, she was inspired to memorialize her family history in shorts for her children. She soon realized her ancestors' stories were often shared stories. Patty is honored to be a Digital Histories fellow with Visual Communications, Los Angeles. This is her fifth short film.

Sybil Wendler is a filmmaker based in San Diego, California. Past work includes her award-winning documentary, Once Upon a Rooftop, a film that presents an intimate look at the haphazard dwellings illegally erected on top of old buildings that are scattered across Hong Kong. These rooftop tenements shelter mostly migrants coming from Mainland China who are the working-poor of this privileged city. She has also collaborated with the highly acclaimed conceptual artist, Eleanor Antin, in a joint directorial art film entitled Fragments of a Revolution that centers on Antin’s metaphorical characters that blend history with fantasy. Sybil's current documentary, Follow the Sun, continues a cinematic practice that is grounded in a social discourse on the themes of belonging and cultural identity. Her work is further influenced by the literary movement of magical realism, crafting films that reflect a beguiling dance between the empirical world and the imaginary.

Born in Japan and raised primarily in Southern California, Sherry Mesman is an ardent fan of all things film.  After a career in finance, her unexpected foray into the world of filmmaking was driven by participation in her sister Akemi’s search for her biological father, and the opportunity to share Akemi’s story with a receptive and diverse film community.

Ziyu Luo(Zoë Luo) is a Chinese - born New York based Writer - Director - Producer. She currently resides in New York City. She is passionate about creating impactful films that inspire audiences, and strive to push the boundaries of visual storytelling. She believes in the transformative power of film to change lives, spark meaningful conversations, and foster empathy and understanding.

She likes to explore the circumstances of marginalized people, listen to their story and empathize with their struggles and emotions, understanding the background of different individuals rather than dictating what characters should be or biases onto characters.

T. L. Quach is an Asian American Director and DGA-qualified Assistant Director who focuses on directing Commercial Content and Dramatic Narratives. For commercials, she works with clients from underrepresented backgrounds, allowing them to have a visual voice for their brand. Her commercial with Brewyard Brewery has aired on ESPN, Comedy Central, and CNN in the local area under Spectrum Reach. In her narrative work, she emphasizes themes about women’s fears, striving to diversify and update the Thriller and Drama genres with a Female POC lens. Her feature-length script, CRAVE, has been awarded in numerous screenwriting competitions, including Scriptapalooza, ScreenCraft, and Final Draft Big Break.

Growing up in Shanghai, China, where she was a child actress, Jiming came to the States for graduate study and later became a first-generation immigrant. After resigning from her position at Universal Studios Hollywood, she pursued her passion for writing. Her film scripts have consistently placed in top screenplay competitions such as the Austin Film Festival, BlueCat, and Screencraft. She explores women’s and first-generation immigrants’ stories to which she brings hope and humanity. The film “Fragmented” is based on her script and is the first film she ever produced.

David Louie is a retired business and tech reporter at KGO-TV in San Francisco. He retired from the Disney-ABC owned station in 2022 after 50 years of service. A Chinese American, he became the first Asian American to report on-air at KGO-TV in 1972. Louie was part of the first local TV news team to report from China in 1979, one year after the normalization of relations with the U.S. Louie has been honored with numerous accolades through the years, including regional Emmys and the Governors’ Award, the highest honor bestowed by the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). He was also inducted into the Golden Circle and Silver Circle for his contributions to the northern California television industry. Louie has had a remarkable career influencing other journalists as the national president of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), national chairman of NATAS, and a long-time board member of the Radio Television Digital News Association. Louie continues to mentor and to volunteer for AAPI organizations. He has endowed a journalism scholarship for AAPI students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.