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Montano, Mike C., 1937-

Mike was born in Hawaii to Filipino parents. He moved to the mainland with his family

when he was very young. Interestingly, Mike's parents had to apply for citizenship as Hawaii

was not yet part ot the United States. Growing up, Mike worked in the family grocery store in

the San Francisco area. Even though it was his father's dream that his sons would take on the

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Silva, Astrid

Astrid Silva was born in the state of Durango, Mexico. In 1992, she was barely four years old when immigrated with her mother to the United States. After a few months in Los Angeles, California, her father found a better work situation and relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. Astrid attended Doris Hancock Elementary School, Garside Middle School, and was a 2006 graduate of the Advanced Technology Academy (A-Tech).

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Sturges, Preston (1898-1959)

Preston Sturges was a Hollywood film director, producer, and screenwriter who co-established California Pictures Corporation with Howard Robard Hughes Jr. Born as Edmund Preston Biden in Chicago, Illinois, Sturges entered Broadway productions in the late 1920s and produced his first play, "The Guinea Pig," in 1928. During the 1930s, Sturges worked on films for studios including Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM). He won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for The Great McGinty (1940).

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