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Rehana Morita (she/her) is a Japanese-Libyan writer, chief editor, actor, digital storyteller, and cultural organizer raised in the Inland Empire, CA. She is currently majoring in Film & Media and Asian American Studies at UC Irvine with an interest in reimagining new worlds as a tool for collective liberation. At UCI, she manages digital publications for Her Campus Media and UCI Admissions, and facilitates creative workshops for undocumented artists and other marginalized arts students. She challenges the immigrant narrative through writing, which influenced her to produce a podcast about undocumented students at UCI. Rehana recently joined the UCLA Labor Center's new undocu-led initiative, EmpoweringAP, as a founding member in hopes of cultivating a spaces to empower each other for collective consciousness. After she graduates in the Spring of 2023, she plans to apply for artist residencies and fellowships, and pursue writing and acting professionally.


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Eunsoo Jeong is a Los Angeles-based artist and the creator of Koreangry, a comic/zine series based on her daily struggles as a Korean-American. Koreangry is a 7-inch puppet/ doll/ armature/ character that she created, sort of her alter-ego. The Koreangry zine series illustrates the artist's life journey told with this character––photographed with hand made props in a set. The zines include written excerpts, word-play, poems, comics, crude sketches, and experimental digital collages.

Social Media:  IG, Twitter, FB @KOREANGRY

Email: Koreangry@gmail.com

Website: Koreangry.com


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Sumana is currently the co-director of the hidden dream and was a past fellow with UCLA DRC and immigrants rising. She has worked with the undocumented community and currently is working on bridging the gap of resources for dependent visa children/spouses who often face similar issues as undocumented students but are not part of national policy and resource conversations. 

To learn more about Sumana's work, please visit the website here: https://thehiddendream.org


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Onion Ha was born in South Korea and moved to the United States in 2003 when he was only six years old. He spent his childhood enjoying all types of music and dancing, and he went to public school and graduated in 2015. Onion is a DACA recipient and an active member at a nonprofit organization called Hamkae Center in Virginia.


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NICOLE SOLIS-SISON, is an artist, producer, educator, and creative director. Solis-Sison’s work focuses on cultural equity, diversity, and sustainability in digital discourse across the art, media, and film industries. 

Her emphasis on digital content strategy has paved the way for brands and talent agencies to streamline their content in emerging markets serving as an educator at General Assembly and creative director for Matter Media Group. 

Currently, she is a co-producer for a documentary called Undocumented Justice, about the first DACA lawyer, Luis Cortes Romero, to argue a case before the nation’s Supreme Court while serving as a founding member of the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective. Solis-Sison received her BFA at the University of California, Berkeley. 

You can find Solis-Sison's work here: https://www.nicolesolissison.com/


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Steve Li is a leader in the immigrant community advocating for immigration reform and social justice. He is a co-author of “Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation”- a UCLA publication where he shares his first-hand experience of being detained by ICE. Steve has also worked on several campaigns, including the California Endowment Foundation’s #Health4All campaign, a bill that aims to expand healthcare access to the undocumented community. 

Steve currently serves on the board of directors at Asian Health Services, a community health clinic located in Oakland, CA. Li holds a B.A in Asian American Studies & Public Health from the University of California, Davis. Steve is a future Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who will begin classes at Yale in the fall. Please consider donating and supporting Steve to attend graduate school this fall: https://www.gofundme.com/f/steveyalefundraiser


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