Sylvia Ray is an award-winning Chicana/Korean American director who focuses on telling stories about characters who overcome feelings of unworthiness. She found her love for storytelling through her parents who watched bootleg Korean dramas and Star Trek while in separate rooms. Her film “Preggers” won Best Comedy Short at the Arizona International Film Festival among other festivals throughout the US. She was selected for Hola Mexico’s Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today program and, as a result, her film “Len(n)y” was streamed to audiences on Pantaya and DISH! Latino worldwide. On her latest film “The Middle” she worked with critically acclaimed actors like Julio Macias from Netflix’s On My Block and Victoria Moroles from Hulu’s Plan B. A Satellite Collective Fellow, Sylvia is based in Los Angeles and pulls inspiration from her desert-town upbringing, travels abroad, and motherhood. As someone who has found comfort and pride in her mixed roots, she is motivated to forge a path that her ancestors only dreamed of while making a positive impact in representation in front of and behind the camera.