Desireena Almoradie
Desireena was born in Manila, Philippines and has lived in NYC since the age of 11. In her media works, she explores collective history and the representation of marginalized communities, focusing specifically on LGBT and people of color. She was nominated for an Emmy and has won a GLAAD Media Award for her work on In the Life (PBS). She is a co-founder of the Diverse Filmmaker’s Alliance (DFA), a collective of filmmakers from all backgrounds working to diversify the filmmaking landscape. Her feature documentary "The Worst Thing" is now in wide release.
Angad Singh Bhalla
Angad is an award-winning filmmaker with a deep commitment to community organizing. While completing his Emmy-winning documentary Herman’s House, he organized faith communities around immigrant rights through the New Sanctuary Coalition. His storytelling capabilities were developed as a fellow at Sundance Institute Documentary Labs and as a Soros Justice Fellow.
Marcella Collazo
Marcella is a digital strategist fascinated by new technologies and how we might use them for the collective good. She tackles complex problems by uniting her eclectic experience in digital media, performance, events management, and systems-building. Most recently, she worked with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid to share critical legal resources with underserved communities. Her favorite color is green.
Aaishatu Glover
Aaishatu Glover is a servant leader with over 20 years in the public, private, and non-profit sectors having served as a Senior Accountant/Broker Dealer at Bear Stearns/JP Morgan Chase Bank, Deputy Commissioner at the Kings County Office of the Public Administrator, and Controller and Director of Finance/Operations at the Vera Institute of Justice–Guardianship Project. As an educator and community leader, Dr. Glover teaches economics and volunteers by providing financial literacy to students in grades K-12. She also provides valuable information to minority homeowners impacted by gentrification and unfair lending practices. Dr. Glover is a patron of the arts with a long standing post in the social justice and non-profit fields.
Adrianna Hernandez-Stewart
Throughout her career at Time of Day and in the labor movement, Adrianna has helped organize thousands of workers, including security officers, janitors, and nurses. She works on both the digital strategy and video production sides of the business, with a focus on documentary storytelling. Prior to co-founding Time of Day, she managed the Strategic Research Department at 32BJ SEIU. She holds an MFA in Media Studies from the University of Buffalo.
Haik Hoisington
Haik brings over 15 years of experience working as a designer/animator in the non-profit and progressive advocacy world. During that time he’s worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from award-winning music videos for Eminem and the Coup to motion graphic-enriched presentations for Color of Change and Citizen Engagement Lab. Haik has also created several animated viral videos for organizations like the Drug Policy Alliance, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Rock the Vote. He loves using visual storytelling to relay complex ideas and fight for social and economic justice.
Meghana Reddy
Meghana has over 15 years experience as an organizer, legal researcher, and communicator for the labor movement, working with organizations such as SEIU, NY Jobs with Justice, Partnership for Working Families, Brennan Center for Justice, East Bay Community Law Center, and the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. Her focus is on digital strategy, social media content, and comedic storytelling.
Vincent Tsai
Vincent is a Digital Strategist and comes from a diverse background of marketing, communications, mission driven work, and community organizing. Primarily involved in Upper Manhattan, Vincent has supported tenant organizing campaigns, combatted gentrification projects, and facilitated popular education programming. They are a storyteller for social movements using photography to document social and political movements and focus on communities and issues often overlooked by mainstream narratives.