Siobhan Ting is a Chinese Malaysian writer and MA student in English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Informed by her upbringing in Malaysia and her experience as an immigrant and a settler in the Hawaiian Kingdom, her work tends towards marginalised literatures and explorations of how imperial histories, globalisation, and migration influence cultural identity. She is currently working on a braided essay on the affordances of Malaysian Literature in English to foster identity beyond a nationalistic register.

Timmy MH Trần is a Local Vietnamese writer and filmmaker. Born and raised in Honolulu, Trần grew up on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, playing in the red dirt of Kaimukī. Trần is the author of the poetry collection, Nước Mía (2023), winner of the Young Writers of Hawaiʻi Award, and writer of the screenplay, Deep End (2024), winner of the School of Cinematic Arts Abernethy Screenwriting Competition. As a descendent of the dragon and fairy, Trần values cosmic harmony and gratitude in his practices. His works frequently flirt with themes centered around grief, queerness, and coming of age, taking inspiration from his personal life and Vietnamese heritage. Trần was educated at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Digital Cinema and English.

Michaela Gillan is an undergraduate student in Information & Computer Sciences on the Creative Computational Media track, with a minor in English, at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Shaped by her upbringing in the Philippines and her experiences across multiple cultures through travel, her work aims to bridge technology and storytelling by exploring how digital media can amplify diverse cultural narratives. She combines her technical training with a passion for literature and community engagement, using her time at Mānoa journal to deepen her understanding of publishing processes, website development, and multicultural storytelling that honors the complexities of diasporic and transnational identities.