Veronica Dang
Founder and Executive Producer of Model Majority. Veronica is an award-winning director/actor/writer and comedian. You may have seen her on TV or teaching people about Yellow Fever at comedy clubs around NYC. She loves rehabbing rescue dogs and hates guys who tell her to smile. Check out her internationally acclaimed webseries Subway: The Series, which is on Marie Claire's list of "Webseries You'll Want to Ditch Netflix for" www.SubwayTheSeries.com
For more about Veronica go to www.iVeronicaDang.com
Carol Lee
Carol had dreams of being a pastry chef with a TV show and was accepted into the four-year pastry arts program at the Culinary Institute of America. But it was very expensive and her parents thought she would not make any money because they heard their friend's cousin's daughter's neighbor couldn't find a job after graduating. So she turned to her backup plan and became an actor/filmmaker to show them truly just how little money she could make. Outside of Model Majority, Carol can be seen as Luanne in Banana Zakary (Point Lookout Film Festival Best Concept, Grove Film Festival Best Film), co-starring as Karen Chang on the web-series Bougie Betty, as Penny on another web-series, Math Warriors, or looking shocked in the background of random TV shows, movies, and commercials. She at times freelances as a video editor, director, and producer. Carol also still likes pastries, works as a professional stand in for people much more famous than her, and wants to pet all the puppies and kittens. IG: @carolleesacts | imdb.me/carollee
Kevin Chew
Father of two Park Slope girls, Kevin spends his nights watching action movies and working on his autobiography, Secret Asian Man: The Life of a Token Asian Actor and his blog, "inside the brain of Chewness." He dreams of one day becoming Keanu Reeves. Acting credits include: The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Ray Donovan, and Step Up 3D. (SAG-AFTRA)
Nicole Hendrickson
Nicole is a Jamaican-Chinese Australian writer and comedian. She began her career in Los Angeles as a Script Intern for Conan O’Brien on TBS and has spent the past seven years working in film and television, with credits on productions for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and DreamWorks. She was selected for the BIPOC TV Writing Program and most recently served as Story Editor Jr. on the series Ruby and the Well.
Now based in Canada, Nicole works as a freelance writer and is currently developing a picture book and a one-person show. She’s also a Telly Award winner and serves on the Telling Tales Selection Advisory Committee, helping connect kids with the magic of storytelling.
Nicole enjoys being dramatic, dim sum Sundays, and passionately debating strangers about why Disney sports movies are the greatest film genre of all time. Instagram: @goodolnicole_
Allie Sharma Nelson
Allie is a screenwriter/writer, actor, producer, director, and sometime bowler. A biracial Indian child raised in gifted and talented classes, she never quite fit in, especially when she grew a tumor with teeth. When she got older, it became clear that in the real world, being able to build a model volcano doesn’t mean shit. As a result, she writes both pilots and features about ordinary people that aren’t living up to their potential who are dropped into extraordinary circumstances, told through the lens of multiracial characters. Imagine if BUFFY had a love child with BARBIE, but half Indian.
Her production work has appeared on Netflix, Hulu, HBOMax, NBC, CBS, FOX, and ABC to name a few. Her screenplays have placed in the Second Round of the Austin Film Festival, and the Finals of the Launch Pad
Pilot Competition, the Killer Shorts Horror Screenplay Competition, and the Imagine This Women’s Screenplay Competition. She resides in NYC, where she writes and acts full time while also creating fun viral videos.
Katie May Porter
Katie is an actor, filmmaker, engineer, and native New Yorker. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Theater Arts from MIT – and has long since been balancing both her left-brain engineering and right-brain creative worlds. A lover of the creative/developmental process, recent performances include works with: Ma-Yi Theater Company/2G, Eight Corners Publishing, National Arts Club, Cellunova Staged Reading Festival, Brick Theater’s New Works Festival, Imaginarium Theatre Company, and Westchester Collaborative Theater. She previously performed with the Asian American sketch comedy team No MSG Added in Los Angeles. IG and twitter: @ActressEngineer
Yiqing Zhao
Yiqing (yee-ching) is the first and only immigrant in her family, who calls her a “bratty black sheep”. She uses this nickname as a free pass to do whatever her heart desires. Her first step was quitting medicine to pursue acting, writing, and comedy. Her second step was rescuing a puppy from Tennessee and training her to become a show dog. She takes pride in matching her earrings with her outfit, and her outfit with her mood. She spends a significant chunk of her waking hours in the kitchen, either cooking or eating–often by the sink, like a no-crumb pro!
She can be seen in various comedy clubs or bars performing standup, taking a comedy class at UCB, or in a coffee shop writing new jokes or tweaking her screenplays. You may also run into her acting on a film set, gazing at her beloved Kindle or doodling on her journal on the MTA, and chasing her dog (with little success) in Fort Tryon Park.
For all other information, please follow her IG: @theyiqingzhao