Born and raised on O‘ahu, Donna Choo is a filmmaker of Japanese, Korean, and Native Hawaiian heritage. She has worked in development as Story Editor for TriStar and Columbia Pictures, and Director of Creative Affairs at MGM. A mentor for Wāhine In Film and Film Independent Fellow, Donna is committed to telling stories about women, of all ages, particularly queer BIPOC women like herself. She holds degrees from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and USC, and is the exhausted mother to Mana, a part Shepherd, part Collie pandemic puppy whom she sometimes wishes was more non-binary.