Rita Sengupta

Rita is an actor, comedian and writer. TV credits include Law & Order (NBC), FBI (CBS), and Let the Right One In (Showtime). Her short story about coming out was published in the anthology, Untold, which was featured in Vogue and Cosmo for best LGBTQ books in 2021.

Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina is an esteemed actor with decades of TV and film experience and is currently a series regular on Billions (Showtime). She is also well known for her roles on House of Cards, The Mindy Project, Mr. Robot, and Chutney Popcorn.

Jyotsna Hariharan

From Madurai, India and based in NYC, her writing credits include Modern Love Mumbai (Amazon Prime) and two features with Vishal Bhardwaj. She worked at The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central) and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS). Her writing has also been published in The NewYorker, McSweeneys. MFA in Dramatic Writing, NYU Tisch.

J. Mehr Kaur

J. Mehr Kaur is a filmmaker & theatre director with a passion for telling stories that capture the spirit of human resilience and transformation. Recently, she completed her MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC School of Cinematic Arts. 

Alisha Bhowmik

Alisha has produced short films & music videos that have been featured in Huffington Post, Refinery29, NYLON and PAPER magazine. She produced the debut feature Blow Up My Life which premiered at Austin Film Festival 2022. She's currently a producer at Droga5.

D'Lo

D’Lo is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor/writer/comic. Acting credits include: Bros, Transparent, Sense 8, Mr. Robot, and Issa Rae-produced Minimum Wage. He recently had a run at the Kirk Douglas Theater for his solo show, To T or not To T. 

Neeraj Jain

Neeraj is a first-generation Indian who grew up in Southern California. He recently shot the feature film, The Sound of the Wind, and episodes for the second season of Zoya Akhtar’s International Emmy-award nominated show Made in Heaven (Amazon Prime).