Sharún Gonzales is a Peruvian journalist and academic. She works with issues of diversity, gender, and antiracism. She studied a Master in Political Science and a Master in Latin American Studies at the University of South Florida. Back in Peru, she writes weekly for a digital media website and teaches at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Edgar Ramirez was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and has lived in Philadelphia since 2006. He has spent the last fifteen years working to help first generation migrants and the Mexican community in South Philadelphia. He is a board member of community organizations such as: San Mateo Carnavalero, Puentes de Salud, Educación y Cultura, and The Mexican Market. In 2013, he created Philatinos Radio. Today the community radio has over 15 volunteers, multiple radio shows and over 160,000 followers.

Kianni Figuereo is a Video Coordinator and Journalist. As a Kensington native, Kianni is passionate about covering issues that plague Philly's disinvested communities and tries to shed light on perspectives that are not always explored. During her year-long Felix Varela Fellowship at AL DIA, she exclusively covered Philadelphia's gun violence crisis through the lenses of education, economy, mental health, legislation, and culture in her video series, What Our City Needs. Kianni's work has also been featured on NBC and Telemundo.

Leticia Roa Nixon was born and raised in Mexico City. She majored in Communications at Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1985, she moved to Philadelphia, where she served as a official interpreter for the Court of First Instance for 28 years. Since 1992, Leticia has worked as a reporter for multiple local Latino newspapers in the city. She has self-published six books and collaborated on the documentary film "El Sol Sale para Todos" produced by Laura Deutch and Carlos Pascual Sanchez. She is part of the organizing committee of Fleisher's Del Dia de los Muertos, "La Calaca Flaca". Art Memorial since 2014. Today she works as Philatinos Radio News Director, Impacto Media Deputy Editor, and co-produces PhillyCam's bilingual TV show Atrévete.

Gabe Castro is a Philadelphia-based Latiné multi-media professional specializing in the horror genre. She works at Philadelphia's public access television station as the Programming & Production Coordinator helping her community make people-powered media. She is also the producer and co-host of the horror media analysis podcast, Ghouls Next Door. She and fellow Ghoul, Kat, explore the unique and raw way society and culture influence film and media. Gabe believes media can be used as a tool to bring social change and works in all she does to create impactful and inspiring media. Gabe is also a co-host of the Black Tribbles, the award-winning geek talk radio show. When she’s not hosting podcasts, she directs short horror-comedies, designs terrifying soundscapes for the Black Women are Scary Podcast and writes film reviews for local cinema organization, cinéSPEAK.

Ericka Conant (she/her/ella) moved to Philadelphia in 2020 from the desert southwest, a region full of Mexican cultures and the constant blaze from the sun. She currently writes politics and features for AL DÍA news, where she covered the 2020 elections and vaccine rollout in the city. She is also a member of NAHJ and she keeps on top of the latest issues impacting Latinxs in the U. S. When she’s not writing or catching up on news, Ericka can usually be found with a croissant in one hand, Americano in the other.

Celia Alves is a Brazilian freelance journalist who writes about the latinx experience in Philadelphia, culture and education. Before moving to Philadelphia, she worked in the production of the documentary Ivy Rupa- that showcased the life and culture of the Granary natives in the South.

Laura Anaya-Morga is a first-generation, Mexican-American Journalist from Southern California. She is currently a student at the University of California, Riverside and the News Editor for The Highlander Newspaper where she covers local issues in the Riverside area related to government, research and community-focused news. She is now ¡Presente! Media’s first Multimedia Intern where she assists her team on production and develops story ideas for the organization.

Emily Neil is a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia. Her work has been published in AL DIA News, Generocity, IJNET, The Philadelphia Citizen, WHYY, and more. 

Ana Laura Pérez Flores is a writer, editor, editorial designer and illustrator based in Mexico City. She was editor of the film magazine Icónica for several years. She has collaborated with several Mexican outlets like La Tempestad, Canal 22, Cine Premiere, Butaca Ancha and Correspondencias. She has recently co-founded Lumínicas, an independent platform where several Latin American critics write about cinema. Currently, she works writing and illustrating with Luchadoras, a feminist outlet focused on cyberfeminism and media activism.

Farrah Rahaman is Trinidadian cultural worker and graduate student who, for almost a decade has called Philadelphia home. Through her media production, programming and writing practice, Farrah explores the ways in which communities of color have resisted neoliberal concessions by standing at the margins and claiming them as central. Farrah is also the panel producer at BlackStar Film Festival. 

Nadine Patterson is an award winning independent writer/producer/director who works at the crossroads of narrative and documentary cinema. She currently serves as the Program Manager for HipCinema Labs/SIFTMedia 215, a media arts incubator that supports Black and Latinx  women who are socially conscious filmmakers based in Pennsylvania.