Nilo Alcala is a Los Angeles-based Filipino composer whose works have been premiered by individual performers and notable ensembles all over Asia, Europe, Africa, and the USA.

Ramekon O’Arwisters is a social-practice artist who creates collaborative, community-based art projects infused with folk-art traditions and techniques to foster and support a culture of community building.

Empire Seven Studios is an Art Gallery/Boutique located in the North district of Downtown San Jose, CA. Founders Carlos Araujo & Jennifer Ahn established E7S in 2008, which has since become a beacon to an underground art culture in the South Bay.

Favianna Rodriguez is a transnational interdisciplinary artist and cultural organizer. CultureStrike, co-founded by Rodriguez, is a national organization dedicated to generating visionary artistic content and enabling artists to be change-makers, in order to transform culture in the United States to embrace social justice, particularly concerning migrant rights.

As a veteran arts funder with San Francisco Grants for the Arts, a creative life coach, and a talented singer and radiant on-stage performer, Renee Hayes has devoted her life to nurturing her own artistic endeavors and the ambitions of countless others.