Set Hernandez is a filmmaker and community organizer whose roots come from Bicol, Philippines. As a queer, undocumented immigrant, they dedicate their filmmaking to expand the portrayal of their communities on screen. Set’s past documentary work includes the award-winning short “COVER/AGE” (2019) and impact producing for Call Her Ganda (Tribeca, 2018). An alumnus of the Disruptors Fellowship, Set is also developing a TV comedy pilot and a feature-length screenplay. Since 2010, Set has been organizing around migrant justice issues, from deportation defense to healthcare access. They co-founded the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective which promotes equity for undocumented immigrants in the film industry. Set’s work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, NBCUniversal, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, among others. In their past life, Set was a published linguistics researcher, focusing in the area of bilingualism. Above all, Set is the fruit of their family’s love and their community’s generosity.

Day Al-Mohamed is an author, filmmaker, and disability policy strategist. Her policy work has focused on marginalized and disenfranchised groups and includes a variety of legislative and programmatic projects including active roles in passage of the Affordable Care Act and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act; and efforts at the United Nations to address reparations for victims of genocide. Day is author of two novels and is a regular host on Idobi Radio’s “Geek Girl Riot” with an audience of 80,000 listeners. Her documentary film, The Invalid Corps, a forgotten history about disabled Civil War soldier regiments, premiered on public television in 2020. She is the series creator, writer, and director of American Masters/PBS’ series RENEGADES. Day is a Founding Member of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities), active in Women in Film and Video (WIFV), and recently joined the board of Docs in Progress. A skilled moderator, she presents often on the representation of disability in media, most recently at the National Bar Association, SXSW, and AFI. However, she is most proud of being invited to teach a workshop on storytelling at the White House in February 2016.

Félix Endara is a bilingual creative professional from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He is based in New York City, where he works in private philanthropy and as an independent producer. He is a queer trans filmmaker who documents the preservation of LGBT historical spaces, champions activists who catalyze social change, and disrupts the insidious narratives that deny the humanity of marginalized communities. He has over 15 years of experience in filmmaking, philanthropy, and arts administration, collaborating with organizations that support multidisciplinary artists and organizations, including the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New Orleans Film Festival, and the Open Society Foundations. He was a fellow at the Gotham, formerly IFP, Documentary Finishing Lab (2010) as producer for Wildness (2012, Dir: Wu Tsang), which premiered at MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight series in February 2012, was an official selection at SXSW, and screened at the Whitney Biennial later that year. He also produced North By Current (2021, Dir: Angelo Madsen Minax), which had its World Premiere at the Berlinale, North American premiere at Tribeca, and was broadcast as part of the POV series on PBS in late Fall 2021. Félix is Co-Chair of the Board of Working Films, an organization that brings together documentary filmmakers and grassroots activists to advance social justice.

Diane Quon is an Academy Award®-nominated producer who worked as a marketing executive in LA at NBC and at Paramount Pictures before moving back to her hometown of Chicago. Diane produced the documentaries: Oscar and Emmy nominated, Peabody and Sundance award-winning film,

MINDING THE GAP (Hulu, POV); Oscar-shortlisted Bad Axe (IFCFilms); AKA Mr. Chow (HBO); The Dilemma of Desire (Showtime); Emmy-nominated Finding YingYing (MTVDocs);For The Left Hand (PBS); Emmy-nominated Wuhan Wuhan (POV), Breaking the News (Indie Lens) and Surf Nation (Mountainfilm Telluride 2022). She is producing the upcoming documentary The Sam and Omar Project and also developing a fiction film based on a New York Times best-seller. Diane is an AMPAS and PGA member, the recipient of the Cinereach Producer Award and is a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and a Film Independent Fellow. She is the proud mother of four.

Dorian Gomez Pestaña (she/they) is a Queer Mexican filmmaker,storyteller, and multidisciplinary artist raised in the South. She is a founding member of the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective and is passionate about stories that celebrate the immigrant experience and explore social justice issues. Some of her most recent work includes writing, directing, and producing the short film Refugio (2023). This film is about an immigrant family purchasing their first home in the US while navigating the complex concept of home. In addition, her passion for sound has allowed her to work as a creative director and producer for the podcast Nuestro South. Nuestro South explores the Latine immigrant experience in the US South during the Jim Crow Era.