The TREK TABLE Team

A passionate team of Producers and Creatives holding space, together, in the Star Trek Fandom.

MEET THE HOSTS

 

CLAUDIA ALICK

CO-HOST

(They/Themy, She/Hers)

Claudia Alick is a super-geek and cultural producer, performer, and intersectional inclusion expert with the transmedia social justice practice CALLING UP JUSTICE whose project include We Charge Genocide TV, The Every 28 Hours Plays, Producing in Pandemic, and consulting with funders, institutions and individuals on accessibility and decolonization. She is on the board of Network of Ensemble Theaters and NW Arts Streaming Hub, and advisory board of Howlround. You can enjoy her reflections on science fiction and social justice on the podcast "Hold On...Wait For it..."

Maya chinchilla

CO-HOST

( She/Hers)

Maya Chinchilla is Long Beach born, Oakland-based Guatemalan writer, video artist, educator & author of The Cha Cha Files.

MAIA Mills-Low

CO-HOST

(She/Her/Hers)

Maia Mills-Low aka Maiamama is a digital producer, podcaster, social justice activist living in Tacoma WA. She would like to acknowledge she lives in the stolen lands of the Puyallup people. Maiamama loves Star Trek and speculative fiction and is ecstatic to share her knowledge and learn more about it here. She co-produces and hosts a weekly gaming stream where she talks about justice topics called Gaming4Justice on Twitch and YouTube with Calling Up Justice. Visit CallingUpJustice.com for more information

 
 

Marie-reine velez

CO-HOST

( She/Hers)

Marie-Reine Velez is a Los Angeles–based arts administrator specializing in theatre and arts for positive social change. She is a co-founder and producing artistic leader of Artists at Play, and works in event production and student engagement at USC Visions and Voices:The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Born in the Philippines and raised in San Francisco and Downey, she grew up watching TNG with her older brother and sister, and they’ve been a nerdy family ever since.

 
 

ALISON DE LA CRUZ

HOST & SHOWRUNNER

( She / He / They / DeLa )

Alison De La Cruz aka DeLa is a content creator, producer, facilitator, artist, contemporary ritualist, cultural space instigator, gathering practitioner, and host. A Trekkie/Trek Head from TNG days to Deep Space 9 , Voyager, and the flims! As a high school student back in the 1990’s DeLa went to their first and only Star Trek Convention at the LA Bonnaventure and there was that one time they got to go on a tour of the Paramount lot. But now DeLa is firmly a #TrekDiscoHead

 

Meet our production team

Meet the Team

  • Production Coordinator

    Brandon Cheng

    Production Coordinator

    Brandon Cheng (he/his) is excited to help bring TrekTable to a new audience. He is a San Francisco native and a graduate of California State University, Long Beach, with a B.A. in Technical Theatre. His first experience with Star Trek was watching Star Trek: Enterprise with his dad (after finishing homework, of course). One of his favorite aspects of Star Trek is exploring the hierarchy of Starfleet and how the crew interacts within their ranks on their given ship.

    When not watching Star Trek, Brandon works as a theatre technician in the Los Angeles area. His most recent work was with East West Players, helping to bring AAPI/POC voices to the stage. Our hope is that the diversity we see on Star Trek can be reflected onto our stages.

    So please, sit back and enjoy the show!

  • Ariana Michel

    Stream Manager

  • Eseel Borlasa

    Social Media Manager

  • Ximena Martinez

    Social Media Associate

  • Luzviminda Jariwala

    Executive Producer

    Luzviminda Jariwala (she/her) is an Executive Producer on the Trek Table who thinks in spreadsheets, nerds out on process optimization, and loves all things integration (both with systems and with people). Also known as Luzvi and Minda in different contexts, she finds joy in building well-functioning teams and sustaining intentional communities.

  • Alison De La Cruz

    Executive Producer, Showrunner

    Alison De La Cruz (she/he/they/DeLa) is an executive arts leader, facilitator, cultural organizer, producer, multi-disciplinary theatre artist, educator, contemporary ritualist, and yelder. De La Cruz has over thirty years of experience as a facilitator and training deviser towards helping neighbors, co-workers, collaborators, and strangers talk with each other about creating diverse, equitable and accessible spaces. De La Cruz has produced live events for over 20 years and believes in the power of communities to create new stories reflecting our truths! De La Cruz has been a Trekkie since The Next Generation and created Trek Table to connect with other women of color fans and our allies!