Henry Jimenez was born in Torrance, California in 1985. His family lived in Long Beach until he was 13. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in July of 1998. He completed middle school and high school in Las Vegas. He also attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he was involved in student government and was also a part of the first Latino fraternity on campus. He graduated in May of 2006 and immediately left to intern in Washington, D.C., with Senator Harry Reid.

Paul Hejmanowski was born August 13, 1945. He moved to Las Vegas in 1972 with his wife Char and their two sons. Hejmanowski served as the managing partner at the law firm Lionel, Sawyer and Collins and vice-chairman of the firm's Litigation Department. He is widely regarded for his expertise in a variety of complex commercial disputes and tort litigation and has written a Nevada environmental law handbook. His sons also work in the same law firm.

June F. Whitley was born in San Angelo, Texas and raised in Pittsburg, California. She met Lewis Whitley at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg. They were married in 1955, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. June found work as a maid for the Sahara Hotel before being hired at the Centel Telephone Company as an operator. In 1978, June became involved in local politics sought a seat on the Board of Regents for Clark County Community College, and eventually became the first woman Chairperson of the board.

Kathy War was born February 05, 1945 and raised in Helena, Montana. She and her husband, Tom married in 1968 while the status of the job market was uncertain. After a short time in Seattle, Washington, they came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1970. War applied for a job with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' library. For the next four and a half years, she worked in the Curriculum Materials Library. She also worked in the Inter-Library loan department and eventually moved to Special Collections.

Jane Ann Morrison transferred to Las Vegas from Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she had worked as a newspaper reporter. The Donrey Media Group owned the Southwest Times Record newspaper in Fort Smith along with the Las Vegas Review Journal. In 1976, she became a night cop chasing stories that required a police response. Three years later, Jane Ann went over to the Nevadan, a portion of the paper that allowed a more in depth reporting style.

Kim Vilt was born July 14, 1975 and spent her childhood in Woodland Hills, California. She lived an outdoor life in rural San Fernando Valley and was the oldest of four children. Vilt graduated from CSUMB before serving with the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, where she met her husband (James J. Vilt). She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 into the John S. Park neighborhood. Her home in that neighborhood was built in 1946. Kim and James were married on September 8, 2002.

Cecile Dotson Crowe was born October 17, 1911 in Millville, Utah. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1923 with her family. At the time, the town was a very small and friendly railroad town where everyone knew everyone else. After high school, Crowe went to the University of Nevada, married her husband Charles Gerald, and raised her children and grandchildren. She also worked for the Chamber of Commerce and on the Boulder Canyon project.