Meet the Cast & Crew

Max Pelayo

Max Pelayo (born March 21, 2002) is a young actor from Austin, TX, passionate about every facet of the art of film, from telling the important stories of the characters he portrays on-screen to the hard work that goes on behind the camera. From a young age, it was clear that being an actor was what Max aspired to do, and he has always embraced and valued the work it would take to get there.

Max stars as Aristotle Mendoza in the movie adaptation of Benjamin Alire Sáenz's novel, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

Also known for his performance in Panic and Marisol.

Reese Gonzales

Born in Anaheim, CA, Reese realized that he wanted to be an actor when was cast in his elementary school’s production of Willy Wonka. Shortly after signing with an agent, he booked his first commercial. This led to the booking of more than ten commercials in the Latin and American markets including three different Honda campaigns, a Toyota Latino campaign, and most recently a campaign for AT&T.

At age 11, Reese booked the film White Shoe, which premiered at the Ferragamo museum in Italy.
In 2018, he was cast for a live reading of Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Now,
Reese is starring in the feature film adaptation as his dream role, Dante.

A musician, Reese plays the keyboard, guitar, and drums. He loves the outdoors, and cares deeply about environmental conservation. Reese describes himself as a major science geek with his hobby being astronomy.

Reese lives in Orange County, CA with his parents, brother and sister, and his dog Teddy.

Aitch Alberto

Aitch Alberto is a writer/director born and raised in Miami, Florida. She is a Sundance Episodic Lab fellow, recipient of a Skowhegan Artist Residency, a Yaddo fellowship, a Latino Screenwriting Project Fellowship, and an alumnus of the Outfest Screenwriting Lab. Aitch has written on DUSTER, a 1970s-set crime drama series from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan for HBO Max. She also served as a writer on AppleTV+’s BAFTA and Film Independent Nominated anthology series LITTLE AMERICA from Lee Eisenburg, Sian Heder, Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, and Emily V. Gordon.

Most recently, Aitch has adapted and directed the NYT's Best-Selling young adult novel ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Saenz. The film was produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eugenio Derbez and made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

She has been included on The Black List's inaugural Latinx List, as well as the Tracking Board's Hit List and Young & Hungry List, and NALIP's list of "Latinx Directors You Should Know". Aitch has most recently been featured on Variety’s 10 Directors To Watch for 2022 and Indiewire’s 22 Rising Female Filmmakers to watch in 2022. Mostly recently, Vogue Poland named her one of this generations female defining voices.

Kevin  Alejandro

Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland, Forklift Mike in Parenthood, Jesús Velázquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in the superhero series Arrow and as Daniel Espinóza in the comedy-crime drama Lucifer.

Eugenio Derbez

Eugenio González Derbez born September 2, 1961. He is a Mexican actor and comedian. Derbez was born and raised in Mexico City and resides in Los Angeles, is married to Alessandra Rosaldo, and has 4 children. Apart from appearing in live-action roles, Derbez has appeared in animated films including. Derbez provided the Spanish dubs for many characters in the Spanish versions of American films including Dr. Dolittle, Mulan, 102 Dalmatians, and the Shrek franchise.

Eva Longoria

Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón, born March 15, 1975, is an American actress, producer, and director. Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 15, 1975, the youngest of the four daughters of her Mexican parents Ella Eva (Mireles) and Enrique Longoria Jr. Longoria began directing episodes of television series she appeared in starting in 2014 and made her feature directorial debut with Flamin' Hot (2023)

Luna Blaise

Luna Blaise Boyd (born October 1, 2001) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Olive Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci fi drama series Manifest and Nicole Ellis in ABCs Fresh Off The Boat. Blaise was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is director Paul Boyd, from Glasgow, Scotland; and her mother, Angelyna Martinez-Boyd, is a second-generation Mexican-American actress from San Antonio, Texas.

Verónica Falcón

Verónica Falcón (born August 8, 1966) is a Mexican actress and choreographer. When it comes to her English-speaking roles, she is best known for playing Camila Vargas in three seasons of Queen of the South and Lupe Gibbs in the 2020 HBO reboot of Perry Mason. In 2022, Falcón played Camila Elizondo (sister of cartel boss Omar Navarro), for Season 4 of Ozark. 

Melissa Macedo

Melissa Macedo is a singer and actress who is a member of the band Macedo, which she and her twin sister, Michelle Macedo, established together. Girlboss (2017), Blood Heist (2018), and Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk are some of the films that have brought her fame (2017). Melissa was born and raised in Los Angeles, although she received her education in New York City. Melissa is one of the original founders of the theatre group World Kin Ensemble. Born on June 3, 1988.

Marlene Forte

Ana Marlene Forte Machado, better known as Marlene Forte, is a Cuban actress and producer.[1] She is perhaps best known for her role as Carmen Ramos on the television soap opera Dallas (2012–2014). Forte also had recurring roles in Fear the Walking Dead, The Fosters and Altered Carbon. Her notable film credits including A Haunted House (2013), El Chicano (2018), Knives Out (2019), and The Way Back (2020).

Isabella Gómez

Isabella Gomez (born February 9, 1998) is a Colombian-American actress, best known for starring in One Day at a Time. Gomez has previously had minor roles in both Modern Family and Matador. She was later cast in a starring role in HBO Max's season 6 revival of the former ABC '80s sitcom television series Head of the Class, which premiered in October 2021.

Hanani Taylor

Hanani Taylor, born June 16th, 1998, Columbus, Ohio. Musically, Hanani is known as "Hana Ni". Hanani began publicly performing, singing, acting and dancing at age 3. She won her first major singing and acting competitions in Dallas, Texas when she was 8 years old. She also had her acting debut at age 8. Since then, she has been featured on Showtime at the Apollo as a kid star of tomorrow, American Idol when she was 15 as a top 100 contestant out of 125,000 people who auditioned across the country. She has also been in television commercials, radio commercials and numerous print ads and also won Miss T.E.E.N Ohio in 2013. Her first big TV break was a guest star role on CBS's Criminal Minds.

Michelle Macedo

Michelle Macedos is an actress, singer-songwriter & identical twin. She was born and raised in Pasadena, Ca. She is a member of the band Macedo, which she and her twin sister, Melissa Macedo.