Matthew Hashiguchi is an accomplished documentary filmmaker, educator, and producer, focusing on cultural, ethnic, and social stories of American society. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in Photojournalism in 2007 and went on to work and intern for various media outlets. Hashiguchi received his MFA in Visual and Media Art from Emerson College in 2008, where he returned to teach as an adjunct professor. He has worked on several award-winning documentary projects, including "The Lower 9: A Story of Home" and "People Aren’t All Bad," which have screened at international film festivals, such as the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival and the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. He has raised over $25,000 through crowdfunding for his projects and has experience with social media, outreach, and distribution. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Multimedia Film and Production at Georgia Southern University and is in post-production on his latest project, "Good Luck Soup," a transmedia documentary project exploring the post-internment experience of Japanese Americans.