Author: Ian Skorodin

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, where he spent summers commercial fishing aboard the… 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 »

Ripley Barnes is a born and raised California kid of African American and Osage-Kiowa descent on her mother’s side and Choctaw on her father’s. She comes from a family of movie buffs, as her parents named her after the incredible heroine, Ellen Ripley, from the ALIEN  franchise. She enjoys balancing multiple genres in storytelling. More… Read more »

Rachel Baldwin is a Native American writer, improviser and comedian based in Los Angeles. A proud member of the Brothertown Indian Nation, she brings bold, irreverent and comedic perspectives to the stage and screen. She has trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade, WE Improv, The World’s Greatest Improv School, and Native Voices. She has produced… Read more »

Her main medium being 2D digital animation, Emalisa Tejada enjoys practicing in this medium to bring to life stories. Her style mainly depicts semi-realistic cartoons in character proportions, colors, and backgrounds. Due to her desire to relate stories to individuals’ lives and provoking the mind to ponder, she focuses mostly on characters in their design… Read more »