Shea Mirzai (he/him) is an Iranian-American, LGBTQ+ writer/producer, a Person Who Stutters, and Co-Chair of the WGA’s Disabled Writers Committee.

Alex Lora-Cercos (he/him) is a Spanish filmmaker who writes about the complexities of the human condition and believes in the power of cinema to reflect and effect change.

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini (she/they) is an award-winning bionic playwright, screenwriter and author of Nigerian heritage from London who writes thought-provoking narratives that explore themes of identity, belonging and empowerment.

Melanie Abrams Fierstein (she/her) specializes in brow-raising dramas and true stories, combining her experience in politics with her unique perspective as a disabled woman.

Natalia Temesgen (she/her) is a playwright, TV writer/producer, who has written TV episodes for Dear White People on Netflix, Julia on Max, and Reasonable Doubt on Hulu.

Anne Hamilton (she/her) is a director and screenwriter who writes about women, mental health, neurodiversity, and cancer.

Roma Murphy (she/her) has always wanted to make the world a better place, but as a comedy writer, she suspects she’ll probably make it worse.

Obiageli Odimegwu (she/her) grew up in Nigeria and worked on Wall Street before breaking her parents’ hearts by transitioning into screenwriting. Obiageli writes about outsiders in harrowing situations.

Cheryl Meyer (she/her) is a small-town girl with big-city dreams who dabbled in every job both in front of and behind the camera before becoming a bonafide scribe. As a physically disabled writer, she brings her unique perspective to narratives and loves to write about complicated women in messy situations.

Andrew Reid (he/him) is a disabled Jamaican-Cuban storyteller who migrated to the United States at the age of 10. He gravitates toward genre films and untold dramas within the world of disability, mental health, and the Caribbean community.

Kryzz Gautier (she/her) is a Queer, Afro-Latina, formerly undocumented writer-director from the Dominican Republic, who specializes in character-driven, grounded sci-fi and genre at large.

Charlie and Chris Frazier (he/him) have written for film and television for ten years. They often center their stories on characters with disabilities, rooted in their own experiences with Cystic Fibrosis.

Hari Ziyad (he/they) is a certified death doula, the bestselling author of Black Boy Out of Time, and the creator and former Editor-in-Chief of RaceBaitr.

Zayre (they/them) is a screenwriter who was was born in Panama and grew up in Brooklyn.

Alys Murray (she/her) is a screenwriter and romance novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lydia Caradine (she/her) is a writer and Stella Adler-trained actress, originally from Cleveland, OH.

Filipe Coutinho (he/him) is a filmmaker living with OCD with a passion for character-driven, inclusive, and commercial stories.

Marc (he/him) is a writer and comedian who, despite being visually impaired, once convinced someone to let him fly an airplane.

Sheridan (he/him) is a Texas-born, Korean-American writer and director whose work explores family, identity, and human connection through character-driven stories that seamlessly balances catharsis and humor.

Jenn Lloyd (she/her) is a New Jersey-born comedy writer with a degree in film from Syracuse University.