Jennifer scours every corner of her cluttered room, but she can’t find her estrogen pills or the money to buy a refill. Her boyfriend doesn’t understand why she resorts to the sex trade to keep her transition going, but as an undocumented transgender Latina woman, she doesn’t have much of a choice. Read more...

Photo: Fine arts graduate student Steven Liang (back left) directed the short film “Afuera,” about the struggles of transgender Latinas. The film was written by Steven Canals (back center) and stars Jennifer London (front right). (Courtesy of Steven Liang)

When Nate Moore was a child, he was fascinated by Black Panther comic books. He said the superhero’s mysterious persona and technologically advanced home country provided an escape from his small hometown of Clovis, California. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Nate Moore (left) was an executive producer of “Captain America: Civil War,” starring Anthony Mackie (right). Moore is currently producing “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman, which is slated for release in February 2018. (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)