The Lighthouse presents “What’s Next,” a reunion panel with New York–based creators from Tribeca’s “Up Next” cohort, returning to reflect on momentum, growth, and what comes after the breakthrough moment. 

Lauren W. is a New York-based lifestyle and travel creator known for transforming everyday life into cinematic, story-driven content. Through her signature blend of solo adventures, visual storytelling and reflective commentary, she’s mastered sharing her perspective on life by blending authenticity and entertainment through her content. With a focus on intentional living and modern storytelling, she creates content that invites her audience to see their own lives through a more cinematic lens.

Crystal McDuffy – known as @crystaluncut on Tiktok and Instagram – is an NYC-based content creator who helps ambitious women achieve their dream lives. She shares insight on her approach to personal finance, style, and beauty as well as shares the BTS of her career as a marketing manager working for a tech company in New York. She's for the girls who have big dreams and need a little honest insight on how to get there.

Claire Ateku is a pop-culture-obsessed host and content producer. She creates engaging digital content and hosts on-camera interviews for brands like Refinery29, Complex, and BET, with past guests including Ava DuVernay, Wizkid, and Latto.Across her platforms, Claire has built an online community of 30,000+ who turn to her for beauty and lifestyle recommendations, event coverage, travel content, and real talk on adulting and Black joy. She is a graduate of Howard University and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.


Eric Jeng is a New York-based storyteller whose heartfelt street interviews are built around one simple idea: every person has a story. Driven by curiosity and a passion for filmmaking, he stops strangers on streets around the world and asks them the questions most of us are too afraid to. Over a million people follow his work across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.


STEF DAG (Stephanie D’Agostini) is a Brooklyn based comedian, writer, and actor. She hosts the viral digital dating show, “Hot and Single,” in which she probes single people on their dating habits in an attempt to answer the age-old question: Are you the problem? Previously, she wrote & directed digital videos for Vogue, Glamour, and Vanity Fair, that featured Bill Hader, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Jennifer Lawrence and more. She was a 2022 New York Comedy Festival “Creator to Watch," and has been featured in Betches, the NY Post, Daily Mail, AOL, Huffington Post, and more.