Abigail Hing Wen is a filmmaker, AI tech leader and New York Times bestselling author of "Loveboat, Taipei," a HarperCollins novel and Barnes and Noble YA Book Club Pick which has been adapted to the screen as "Love in Taipei". The novel draws inspiration from the actual program, attended by thousands of Chinese and Taiwanese diaspora youths, which Abigail attended the summer after her freshman year at Harvard. Abigail served as an executive producer for the “Love in Taipei” film alongside film stars Ashley Liao ("Hunger Games") and Ross Butler ("Shazam," "Thirteen Reasons Why"). The companion novels, "Loveboat Reunion" (following a girl-in-tech) and "Loveboat Forever" (November 2023) follows the gang and their community through new coming of age journeys.

Jonathan De Guzman II is a Filipino American, director/writer from San Diego, currently living in Los Angeles. He graduated from UC Irvine’s undergraduate film program, where he wrote and directed The Perfect Post. This short received best picture and best screenplay at UC Irvine’s film festival; and went on to screen at the 44th Asian American International Film Festival, San Diego Filipino Film Festival, and many more. Gifts Are My Love Language serves as his second short film and is currently circulating the film festival circuit. Inspired by Gen Z culture and his AANHPI community, Jonathan aims to tell comedic and witty stories that spotlight cool and relatable AAPI individuals.

Named as the 2015 Reporter of The Year by the Associated Press, Robert Handa is a reporter for NBC Bay Area. Robert Handa is also the host of Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa, a weekly talk show covering Asian newsmakers, events, community accolades and youth perspectives. The program airs Sunday mornings at 5:30 a.m. on NBC Bay Area and encores at 6 p.m. on COZI TV.