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John Williams, Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is a fundraising professional with over 35 years of experience ranging from public broadcasting and the arts to wellness, mental health and healthcare. John has spent a majority of his career in community development. While at PBS, John raised the funds for documentaries, children’s science series’, and the… Read more »

Pebduna is a writer whose work explores relationships, love, trauma, ambition, and the complicated ways people survive and reinvent themselves. Growing up in poverty on a reservation shaped much of her perspective and continues to influence the emotional honesty present throughout her writing. Her experiences witnessing cycles of abuse, generational hardship, limited opportunity, and resilience… Read more »

Princella Parker RedCorn is Latina and a citizen of the Umóⁿhoⁿ Nation (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska). Her Umóⁿhoⁿ name is Watawi (“Victorious Bird”) and she descends from roadmen of the Native American Church and strong Matriarchs from her Hamilton family tree. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Theatre from Creighton University and a Master’s… Read more »

Morgan Howard (X’agatkeen) is a Tlingit writer, storyteller, filmmaker, and communications professional from Yakutat, Alaska. He is Eagle moiety, Teikweídi clan, of the Drum House. His great-grandfather, Olaf Abraham, was the last recognized hereditary chief of the Aantlein River Teikweídi. Morgan was raised between Yakutat and Kodiak, Alaska, where his family spent summers commercial fishing… Read more »

Meagan Ferguson is a Costume Designer, emerging screenwriter, and multidisciplinary creative whose work is deeply rooted in family, identity, visual storytelling, and emotional world-building. Raised by strong Cherokee women and artists, she learned to sew and create alongside her grandmothers, whose creativity and resilience continue to shape the emotional core of her work. Meagan has… Read more »

Shaeffer is a screenwriter and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He from Norman, Oklahoma, and was raised in the Oklahoma City area. He received his BA in Film from the University of Oklahoma, where he wrote his first short, Thursday, directed by Travers Jacobs. He then graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with an… Read more »

Danielle Dupont is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation from Oklahoma and an aspiring television writer with a passion for genre storytelling. Before pursuing film and television, Danielle was a college hockey captain and engineering student majoring in computer science, balancing the demands of athletics and academics. When COVID hit, she took a step back… Read more »

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo is a Two-Spirit Tuscarora (Haudenosaunee) writer and activist with a passion for storytelling across multiple mediums, including television, stage musicals, and tabletop roleplaying games. Recent credits include Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina (Amazon), Miracle Workers (TBS), and Final Space (Adult Swim), which encompass over 30 episodes of television she’s written in total. Over the last… Read more »

Mitch Lewis is a storyteller and multimedia creator whose work bridges cinematic imagination with lived experience. With a background in film production, digital media, military service, and leadership within the Chickasaw Nation, Lewis offers studios a voice shaped by discipline, cultural insight, and a drive for emotionally resonant storytelling. Lewis earned a degree in Video… Read more »

C.J. Caughman is an award-winning author and storyteller from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Raised in the small town of Coweta, Oklahoma, he developed a lifelong fascination with storytelling through books, films, and television. That early passion eventually led him to pursue writing as a career. C.J. studied English – Creative… Read more »