Bay Area-born Aaron Ruttenberg is a TV comedy/drama writer and Cal State LA film grad. His scripts have placed in the ScreenCraft Comedy Competition, and his short doc, Bound, won Best Short Documentary at a local Los Angeles festival. A former floater at Legendary, Aaron now works as a copywriter. He’s also a tarot reader, aspiring scuba diver, and trivia champ.

Bryce Marrero is an LA-born writer, director, and self-deprecating geek. He was a writer on Nickelodeon’s IT’S PONY, directed films for Hoorae Media and ShortsTV, and was in the Coverfly Top 1%. Currently, he’s developing a Sci-Fi film with Vital Pictures. Bryce loves to make people laugh, even when they beg him to stop.

Tiffany McDonald is a Jamaican writer who slyly dodged her family’s quiet expectation to become a surgeon. Now a graduate of The Peter Stark Producing Program at USC, she has worked in film/TV development at production companies for many years. She loves writing drama and horror and is an avid karate practitioner. Occasionally, her parents still suggest that it’s not too late to become a doctor.

Jazmyn Edmonds, one of seven siblings, grew up in a chaotic blend of Shameless meets Cheaper by the Dozen. She found solace in creativity, writing poetry and crafting stage plays. Embracing her inner Lydia Deetz, she nurtured a love for the unusual. A versatile storyteller, Jazmyn crafts supernatural thrillers and heartwarming dramas. Connect to bring her stories to life!

Growing up a misfit in small-town Illinois with a tough Mexican immigrant mom, Jon went to horror to make sense of his fears and insecurities. After serving as an Army MP and earning a BA in Creative Writing, he made for LA. Where he’s developed two pilots in the Veterans Writers Program, completed the WGF Support Staff Training Program, and served as Writers' Assistant on CBS's FBI: MOST WANTED.

Khadijah Iman is a Black Indigenous screenwriter from Boston, MA. She’s passionate about telling queer-led stories in the genre, procedural, and drama space - often exploring grief, identity, and social tensions. She’s a 2023 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program alum, a self-taught piano and drum player, and obsessed with Horror and classic Disney Channel Original Movies.

Olivia Woodward is a citizen of the Caddo Nation with a passion for telling Indigenous stories. She started in theatre and is taking the skills she learned from her time as a stage manager, production manager, performer, and writer to the screen. Her work approaches life through an Indigenous lens, which can be serious with a healthy dose of humor.