Our Team
Campbell Moore (She/Her) – Director
![]()
Meet Campbell! She is the director of Welcome to Celibacy Club! From San Diego, California Campbell grew up making films with her twin sister Katie, quickly learning that the movie business was one she wanted to be a part of.
Her passion for filmmaking continued as she began to realize the power of films to uplift the voices of those who are often unheard, represent those who are underrepresented, and bring awareness to issues of social justice. As an asexual woman herself, she is always looking to tell queer stories and bring more asexual representation to the media.
Campbell is studying at the University of Southern California majoring in Communications with a minor in Entertainment Industry. She is a current Post Production Intern for Lauren Levine Media, Programming and Events Intern for Humanitas, and a member of Delta Kappa Alpha professional fraternity at USC.
Alani Marie Smith (She/Her) – Director of Photography
![]()
Meet Alani Marie, our DP!
Alani grew up in the urban art scene of Queens, NY, passionate about the strong relationship between the arts and community. Alani has been working on several screenplays to put into production, but delves into other mediums in her free time from painting to fashion to tattooing. She is a Film & TV Production major in the School of Cinematic Arts, focusing on a DP and Directing track. She admires how film can act as a portal into an alternate dimension and how it’s developed itself into an outlet for a larger scale of people. Alani is so excited to be a part of this team!
Nina Lu (She/Her) – Writer
![]()
Meet Nina! She’s the writer and co-story creator of Welcome to Celibacy Club. Nina Lu grew up in Orange County, California, but spent a portion of her life living in Los Angeles acting in shows and films for companies such as Disney and Amazon Prime. She’s currently a rising Sophomore studying Writing for Screen and Television at the USC School of Cinematic arts and is looking into a psychology minor.
Nina’s love for screenwriting and comedy sparked when she was invited to sit in on a Writer’s room session for the sitcom show she was working on as an actress at the time, Bunk’d. Her passion grew more as she met and worked with other Asian American screenwriters, such as May Chan. She is driven to bring more accurate diversity to her screenplays, specifically for minority groups that are underrepresented in film and media. Nina Lu identifies on the asexual spectrum and wrote “Welcome To Celibacy Club” to shed light on the asexual community, as they are never given any representation in media.
Murleve Roberts (She/Her) – Writer
![]()
Meet Murleve, the co-story creator and script consultant for Welcome to Celibacy Club!
Murleve grew up in South Florida loving all forms of fiction but failing to see herself represented in popular books, television, or film as a queer Black girl. She started writing and directing short films in high school, and the more she told stories, the more she owned them as opportunities to create the representation she wanted to see. Her creative writing tackling this has been recognized by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Seeds Literary & Arts Magazine, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and the African American Review.
Currently a sophomore studying Writing for Screen & Television at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Murleve focuses on telling POC and LGBTQ+ stories. Most passionate about depicting the experiences of people living at the intersections of marginalized identities, Murleve found inspiration to write Welcome to Celibacy Club with Nina by drawing on their experiences as demisexual women of color.
Amanda Chen (She/Her) – Producer
![]()
Meet Amanda, one of our lovely producers. Originally from Houston, Texas, Amanda is an aspiring filmmaker with a zeal for telling unique stories that have the potential to open up the film industry culture. She is currently a sophomore at the University of Southern California studying Cinema and Media Studies and Entertainment Industry.
Growing up, Amanda found herself particularly interested in the stylistic and practical approaches of filmmaking, all stemming from her childhood hobbies in art. Later on, she found herself more and more passionate about stories surrounding minorities, which she reflected in her numerous photography projects. Since entering USC, she has worked with several other student filmmakers and professionals to discover more ways she can express her own identities and uplift more minority and queer voices in the media.
Gina Phu (She/Her) – Producer
![]()
Meet Gina! From Ontario, California (not Canada :((). Within this project, she is a producer and marketing director. She is currently a Sophomore studying Cinema and Media Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts with a double minor in Entertainment Industry and an undecided subject at this point in time.
Growing up as a queer, Asian American, Gina has always searched for herself within the media she consumed. Unfortunately, this representation is extremely limited and often demeaning. Now with the power, knowledge, and tools to create, Gina has worked on numerous self-projects and student films that exemplify the power in representation and identity. Through her work and collaboration on “Welcome to Celibacy Club”, Gina hopes to shed positive and accurate portrayals of the asexual community, embodying her personal goals and love.
Carina Williamson (She/Her) – Producer
![]()
Meet Carina! From the Seattle Area, Carina grew up loving queer YA novels, but could never understand why those same stories weren’t captured on screen. She is currently a Senior at USC studying Cinema and Media Studies and Chinese, and plans to use her skills in organization, team leadership, and time management to become a producer/creative executive.
Through her experiences at management companies such as Grandview, and renowned agencies like Verve, she has gained invaluable knowledge about the current entertainment landscape with the hope of changing the old ways of Hollywood to reflect the diverse lives of LGBTQ people. She has a passion especially for comedic tales like this one!
Allie Merchant (She/Her) – Production Designer
![]()
Meet Allie! She is one of the production designers of WTCC! From just outside of NYC, Allie grew up focused on a STEM career before switching to film-focused pursuits during high school. She is a sophomore at USC studying Cinema and Media Studies with a pre-medicine emphasis. Some of the other orgs she is part of include the Asian Pacific Cinema Association, the social entrepreneurship club SparkSC, and the American Red Cross.
As a queer Asian American, her primary goal is to highlight minority voices and narratives in the Hollywood landscape. Currently, the LGBTQIA+ community receives little to no representation in comedy without tokenization. As a lover of comedy and coming-of-age stories, short films like “Welcome to Celibacy Club” strike the balance between multidimensional representation and expanding the current authentic comedic narratives.
RJ Edrolin (She/Her) – Production Designer
![]()
Meet RJ Edrolin, one of our Production Designers!
RJ was born in Cagayan De Oro, Philippines before immigrating to Torrance, California (Southbay Represent!!). She is passionate about telling stories about underrepresented groups and is eager to join this project. She is currently a Sophomore at USC studying Cinema and Media Studies, Pre-Law with a minor in Marketing.
When she’s not watching movies, RJ enjoys designing and hand making jewelry for her business, With Love Always, and reading!
Caden Chung (He/Him) – Graphic Designer
![]()
Meet Caden! He is the graphic designer for the Welcome to Celibacy Club Team! He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and is now a Media Arts + Practice major in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Caden is most passionate about using media arts to ground the viewer in the world of the story that they are experiencing. Whether that be through design or more immersive technology, he loves to create and develop works that transport the viewer to a whole new world.
Steven Rodriguez (He/Him) – Social Media Coordinator
![]()
Meet Steven! Raised in Dallas, TX, Steven always grew up wanting to tell stories on the big screen. Now having moved to Los Angeles, CA, a hub for Film & TV, he is majoring Film & Television Production at the University of Southern California to bring greater awareness for more LGBTQ+ and Latin Representation in the media.
Growing up as a queer, Latin American, he quickly realized the lack of Latin LGBTQ+ stories in Film & TV. Being from a culture so heavily rooted in traditionalist beliefs, he aims to challenge this narrative and provide the stories he longed to see as a child. Within, Welcome to Celebrating Celibacy, Steven is taking the marketing lead in promoting our short film.