Where success is taught
by your peers.









Instructors

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Lynn Chen

Actress, Writer, & Director
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Nicki Sun

Host & Director
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Freska

Radio DJ & Voiceover Artist
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Franco Finn

Hypeman for NBA Warriors
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AJ Calomay

TV & Film Editor, Netflix & Hulu
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Christine Gambito

aka HappySlip Comedian
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Francis Ang

Chef & Owner, Ábaca
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Paloma B. Concordia

Owner & CEO,
PapaLoDown Agency

More coming soon

To learn is to study.

Aralan means “study” in Tagalog and as a self taught Filipino-American photographer & cinematographer, I’ve taken pride in being able to have worked with global brands like Stanford, eBay, Meta, Twitter, DoorDash and more.

My path to success was built on top of everything I’ve learned from the people I’ve looked up to and from those next to me.

My goal is to create a community and platform where we get to learn from our peers.

Learning is what allows us to continuously grow and become better at what we do and what we want to do.

This is Aralan .

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JJ Jumoc-Casas,
Founder

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JJ was the former Director of Photography for Twitter which he has filmed Dwyane Wade, Sophie Turner, Tom Hanks, Alicia Keys and more.
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Where success is taught by your peers.

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