Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Alfred Bordallo! Alfred is a CHamoru visual artist from Guåhan currently based in Los Angeles. His work focuses on recollecting and honoring the fragmented and, more importantly, repurposed facets of CHamoru identity through the analog mediums of photography and video.

Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Bryson Nihipali! Bryson is a visual artist born and raised in Los Angeles with a passion for both photography and filmmaking. With ancestral ties to the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, he draws much inspiration for his photographic work from his family and their rich cultural heritage.

Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Zaynah Waseem! As a Pakistani-American, her work uplifts the diverse stories of South Asian, Muslim communities through ethnographic film, media production, digital storytelling, and archival research.

Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Honestine Pa'ala-Fraser! Honestine (she/her) is a writer and social media professional born and raised in the Los Angeles area. She graduated from CSU Long Beach with a BA in Communication Studies and went on to Syracuse University to receive her MS in Digital Communications.

Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Kayli Kimura! Kayli Kimura (she/her) is a Japanese-American creative director, visual storyteller, and talent manager. Her work spans across various genres with a focus on non-fiction storytelling and musically-driven films.

Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Paula Kiley! Paula Kiley (she/her) is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker who strives to tell stories that connect and empower people with information, the truth, and most importantly — one another.