Gina Lamb is a Los Angeles artist /activist/teacher who has worked collaboratively with inner city youth for the past sixteen years to foster their voices/vision through independent media arts production. Projects have dealt with race, gender identity, sexual orientation, class and immigrant issues and have been presented nationally in museums and galleries and broadcast on television. Lamb directs the Digital Arts Lab at REACH LA, an arts and action center for youth where they utilize media arts to address social issues that emphasize dialogue within their urban peer community. She has taught in the Media Studies Department at Pitzer College.

Tomas Aguilar was born in Fontana, California on November 29, 1982. He lived in Pomona, until 1994 when his family moved to Rancho Cucamonga, where he currently resides. He attended Chaffey Community College from 2001-2004 and received his B.A. in broadcasting & Film. He later transferred to Pitzer College, where he met his teacher and mentor Gina Lamb. Aguilar graduated days before the release of this issue, with honors in Media Studies.