Allie Cuerdo is an Emmy-nominated writer, director, producer and author. In 2019, their feature directorial debut ULAM: MAIN DISH became the first Filipino food documentary to achieve worldwide distribution on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Their first book AMBOY: Recipes From the Filipino-American Dream was named one of the 20 Best Books of the Year by Amazon. They were recently named one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women In the World by the Filipina Women's Network.
We were joined on this episode by special guest host Michelle Mao. Ms. Mao recently played the role of Lisa Randall in the Netflix movie Metal Lords, a musical comedy written by Game of Thrones co-creator D.B. Weiss. In 2021 Michelle Mao also played the series lead in the pilot episode of the series All I Want Is Everything, directed by Allie Cuerdo. In addition to film and television roles, Ms. Mao sang in the hit song Never Over by BEAUZ, which achieved viral success in China.