Jemina Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist and experimental genre filmmaker from Manila, Philippines. She is a current MFA candidate at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she’s been trained to handle work within all production departments at the industry standard. Before that, she graduated from UCLA with degrees in English, political science, and film. She has over 5 years of experience telling stories with multimillion-dollar impact across industries — film, advertising, public relations, and journalism. Her work has been featured and awarded in festivals and contests before like Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards, Campus Movie Fest, QFest Houston International LGBTQIA+ Festival, First-Time Filmmaker Liftoff Sessions, MoziMotion, and more. In her free time, she loves to write ambitious scripts, read and learn for self-improvement, and volunteer in exciting projects by her colleagues and mentors. She’s always happy to meet with likeminded people and discuss ways to pioneer new developments in the film industry.