Ted Adams
Founder, Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Film Fest Magazine and President of Red Zeppelin Productions
Cori Dioquino
Managing Editor
Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor, producer, writer and arts integration specialist based in Baltimore and NYC. She is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Asian American and Pacific Indigenous representation in American arts and entertainment. She is the founder and current Co-Executive Director of the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC), an arts organization whose mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”.
Cori is the founder and owner of Dioquino Acting Studio, LLC. The studio aims to provide actors with the training and business guidance they need to pursue successful careers in TV, Film and Theatre.
Shanisa Dixon
Content Administrator
A small town girl from Greene County, North Carolina, Shanisa Dixon developed her love for the entertainment industry at a very young age. Shanisa had no artistic boundaries growing up, performing in singing and dance competitions/ dance classes during middle school, and attending theatre classes throughout her high school years.
After attending four different high schools, Shanisa was accepted into one of the most elite HBCU’s in the country, Hampton University, majoring in Business Management. After graduation, Shanisa worked for the City of Alexandria’s Department of Code Administration in Alexandria, Virginia. During that time, she decided to aim for her dreams and jumped head first into acting professionally. She has completed four short films since December 2018.
Shanisa has been a part of the Red Zeppelin Productions team since December 2019 as a Content Administrator. She currently works diligently editing content on Laurel Channel and Film Fest Magazine. She enjoys working behind the scenes, and is always looking for more ways to expand her education in the entertainment industry, and perfect her craft.
Julieta Gozalo
Social Media Marketing Intern and Content Contributor
Julieta Gozalo is a writer, actor, and singer from the Washington D.C. area. She was a recent graduate this past winter from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, Communications Studies, and a minor in professional writing. She also manages the social media pages for Film Fest Magazine as an intern. With her background in theatre and film, Julieta hopes to explore more of the world of international film festivals.
Tasnia Habib
Writer
Tasnia Habib is a writer, yoga teacher and barista from Burtonsville, MD. She graduated from University of Maryland with a degree in Community Health. As an avid film consumer, Tasnia is interested in film festivals that help portray underrepresented groups and the unique films offered at film festivals.
You can find her newsletter about podcasts here: https://tinyletter.com/ihearditonapodcast.
Precious Ringor
Writer
Precious Ringor is a Filipino-American singer/actress/writer residing in Los Angeles, California. Ringor graduated from Cal State University Fullerton with a degree in Human Communication Studies where most of her research is focused on Asian-American socio-cultural communication norms. Her scholarly work has contributed to preliminary information on Filipino-American culture.
Besides performing in theatre shows and indie film sets, Ringor writes poetry (pen name: I.P.F.C.R.) and is ecstatic to be part of the Film Fest staff. Since the lockdown, Ringor has also been raising funds for various non-profits like Feeding America, RAINN, SoCal Vocalist Relief Fund, and the Black Lives Matter Movement.
To view more of her work, visit https://ieshaprecious.wixsite.com/precious
Lyra Woods
Writer
Lyra Woods is a Baltimore-based filmmaker and playwright. Her recent narrative short Freya won the Innovation II Film Festival (2020) and was nominated for Chinese American Film Festival’s Angel Award (2019). She’s also a writer of six produced short plays and one full-length, most recently, Paper Dream which won the 2020 Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award and showcased in New York, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Virginia