Erica Cho
Erica Cho is a bi-coastal (Philadelphia and Los Angeles) visual artist, animator, and filmmaker. They are Assistant Professor of Narrative Media in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, and were previously a visiting assistant professor at Swarthmore College in the Film and Media Studies department. Cho has acted as a film curator for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival since 2011, and organized and founded the first Tri-Co Film Festival in 2012. They have received the Creative Capital Moving Image Award, among other awards. Cho's work often explores  various intersections between LGBTQ and Asian-American themes as described in their 2011 interview with the website "Asian Gay and Proud": Education. Cho received a BFA in art from Pennsylvania State University, where they received University Honors, and also received an MFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in experimental film and animation from UC Irvine.