Fiona is a Tanzanian-American writer-director working as a Writer’s Assistant on Netflix’s TV Show Bridgerton S3/S4. She previously worked at Google's Creative Lab in NYC, Bad Robot, Annapurna, NBCUniversal, Meta, and Media Res. In 2024, her romcom feature screenplay, I'm Begging You to Date Me, advanced as a Finalist for the 2024 Nashville Film Fest, Semifinalist for Flicker's Rhode Island, second round ISA Fellowship Fast Track Program, Quarterfinalist of the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Quarterfinals of Finish Line, and is currently advancing into Blue Cat’s 2025 screenwriting competition. Her TV pilot, The PR Team, also charted at the top of Coverfly’s Red List after it advanced in Screencraft's 2024 Comedy Pilot Competition, leading her to sign with her manager. She is now gearing up to direct her short film script, Two-Timing Gemini, which placed as a Semifinalist for Outstanding Screenplays competition. Additionally, Kida completed a rewrite of her pilot, The PR Team, which she is set to take out with her manager spring of 2025. She's a USC Film & TV Production graduate who specialized in producing and directing. Her last short film Blue Hour won a 2021 WAVE Grant. The same year, Blood, her drama feature screenplay, got into the 2nd round of Sundance's 2021 Development Track. Kida is a creative force. Outside of filmmaking and writing, she is a talented guitarist, plant mom, and exceptional chef.

Writer and story editor Kat Montagu is the Head of Department for the Vancouver Film School Writing for Film, Television and Games program. Kat has taught screenwriting for over twenty years. Her Career Launch class has prepared countless VFS graduates to work on feature films, in the writers rooms of TV series, and in video
game studios. Her students rave about her enthusiasm, wealth of knowledge, and the high standards she inspires. It’s no surprise that she’s been named a VFS Instructor of the Year three times.

Maya Vyas writes coming-of-age stories that center around family, cultural identity, and loving the body you are given. She started her career on The CW’s WALKER, then moved to Amazon Prime’s WE WERE LIARS (2025) and LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION as a staff writer. Her other credits include a YouTube series for Pixar's Cars, CARS OF THE WILD, and her short film, LEGALLY BROWN: THE MUSICAL THE SHORT, which screened at Austin Film Festival and Hollyshorts, where it received the Stage 32 Grand Prize Award. Maya graduated from USC for Writing for Screen and Television in 2021, where she received the distinction of Jon Chu Scholar. She is a Humanitas, Scriptapalooza, CAPE and Disney Writing Fellowship Semifinalist. Currently, Maya is a story editor on season two of We Were Liars on Amazon Prime.