Hispanic Heritage Month Panel

Roadmap Writers is a talent training and discovery platform for screenwriters ready for a guided path to success. Our programs are hosted by working industry executives and are designed to empower writers with actionable tools and insights to elevate your craft and cultivate relationships with industry professionals. Since 2016, we have helped hundreds of writers from all over the world sign to representation, staff on series, and option and produce their projects. Our writers have been staffed on BRIDGERTON, THE FLASH, CHICAGO PD, THE FIRST LADY, NIGHT COURT, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE RESIDENT, REACHER, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, MAYANS and POKERFACE. Writers have sold, set up and been produced by Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, MGM, American High, New Republic Pictures, Maven Screen Media, Lifetime, Will Packer Studios and Roku. 

Ingrid Nin (she/her) is currently a literary assistant at the Beverly-Hills based management company, 3 Arts Entertainment. A City College of New York (CUNY) alumni, she graduated as the Valedictorian of the Humanities and Arts division with her BFA in Film and Video Production. She is also the host and creator of the Entertainx podcast– focused on showcasing Latinx talent in Hollywood. Ingrid is a proud member of NALIP (National Association of Independent Latino Producers), Women In Animation, and the Women Wednesday’s BIPOC mentorship program. She plans to one day become a narrative film and television producer, as well as the founder of her own studio focusing on diverse Latinx-themed content and distribution.

Stuart Altman is an award-winning writer and director. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University. His films have showcased at many international film festivals and have won many awards including the Yahoo-Telemundo Audience Choice in Miami, for "The Gift," a film in both Spanish and English.

Stuart's mother immigrated from Mexico and his father's family immigrated from the Czech Republic, making him Czechs-Mex.

Stuart graduated from New Mexico Military Institute where he continues to volunteer his time as both a speaker and filmmaker.

Zach Cannon was raised in a multiethnic household in Miami, where his mother’s family are Cuban exiles and his father is a retired police chief. He was most recently an Executive Story Editor on CBS’ FBI: MOST WANTED. He has also written for NBC’s THE INBETWEEN, Roku’s PANHANDLE, and Syfy’s RESIDENT ALIEN. David Milch gave Zach his start in television as his assistant, and he is an alumnus of USC’s Writing for Screen & Television program, the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Series Scriptwriters Program, and NBC’s Writers on the Verge.

Taylor Orci (they/them) is a non-binary latinx TV/film writer from Los Angeles. They were on the writing staff of VIDA (GLAAD-winning, Starz) and KIPO (Emmy-nominated, Netflix), and during the pandemic they wrote a live action comedy feature for New Line Cinema. Most recently they were the head writer on BE@RBRICK, which will premiere on Apple TV in Fall 2024. Taylor wrote and created the viral video, "Bitchy Resting Face," which got the phrase in the dictionary. Their professional writing career started after they were a journalist with NPR. They carry a B.A. in International Development Studies from UCLA.

GT is an Afro-Indigenous-Latine Writer-Producer. Formerly, GT worked full time as an EMT and part time as an Martial Arts instructor all while carrying a full class load at Columbia College Chicago. After graduation, he drove cross country to LA with nothing more than a laptop and a suitcase full of dreams. Opting for jobs that didn’t involve blood and guts, he worked as an Executive Assistant at 20th Century Fox, a showrunner’s Assistant for the TV show Switched at Birth, and as a Field Producer for ABC News 20/20.  GT has been accepted into a handful of programs including the NHMC Writing Fellowship, CBS Writing Mentor Program and the ABC Native TV Workshop.  He has notched several writing assignments under his belt and is currently in development with a 1-hour TV drama at a production company. In all his work he uses his experience of exploring his multiple heritages as fodder to explore character and story mythology. Now the only blood and guts GT works with are those in his scripts.