Elise Choi is a high school researcher with the Media Education Lab and a journalist who is dedicated to advancing youth media literacy. A former reporter with Scholastic Kids Press, Elise writes for her school newspaper, OCSA Evolution, as well as the Los Angeles Times High School Insider, where she also serves on the Student Advisory Board. As a 2024 Civic Innovator Fellow, she studied the intersection of media, education, and civic engagement.

Brian Fitzgerald is the Senior Advisor for Business Strategy for the Media Education Lab.  For over three decades, Fitzgerald has been a visionary, product creator, and leader at the intersection of digital products, media production, and learning. To the lab, he brings a fresh perspective, along with his expertise on how to bring ideas to life and to market, and how to develop high impact products, businesses, communities and learning experiences.