Ivory H. Blue II was born August 3, 1973 in the Women's Hospital in Nevada to Theresa Blue and Ivory Blue I. Blue has three sisters, Marian, Hope, and Katrina. Both of Blue's parents worked when he was a child. His mother worked throughout the Westside at restaurants and as a caregiver. His father Ivory Blue worked as a bailiff and later a civil engineer. Blue grew up in the Westside Projects in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blue went to grade school in Las Vegas and in the 1990s enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Margaret “Peggy” Casey was born in Louisville, Kentucky where her father was the city editor of the local newspaper. Peggy attended college at the University of Wisconsin during World War II. After graduating, she worked for an aeronautical company, Curtiss-Wright, where she helped build planes for the war.

In 1962, Elizabeth "Betty" Krolak moved from the Midwest to Las Vegas with her husband and six children. She attended a real estate class her husband had enrolled in but was unable to complete. Betty passed the test and became a licensed Nevada real estate broker in October, 1963. She initially went to work for Pyramid Realty, and in 1964, she opened her own office, Clark County Realty. She was appointed by Governor Michael O'Callahan to the State of Nevada's Real Estate Commission, making her the first woman to serve on the Commission.