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DiTondo, Michelle, 1967-

Michelle DiTondo talks about her parent's experiences living in Osaka, Japan during the war. Father died after the war from tuberculosis. Her mother worked as a seamstress/tailor on the Air force base at the NCO club where she met Michelle's father. Michelle had moved from Tucson to Okinawa and then to Nellis in 1972. She would spend most of her childhood in North Las Vegas for more than 30 years. She speaks on her experience being in an air force family and moving from base to base as well as her fond memories of Las Vegas before casinos were built.

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Taing, Kim You, 1967-

Kim You Taing, a Cambodian-Chinese refugee discusses his childhood during the Cambodian Wars, and how his family survived fleeing from village to village to escape the Rouge and gunfire occurring at that time. After a tragic incident where his two siblings died from drowning in the village river. his mother decided they need to get out of Cambodia to get a better life. His father who was Chinese would be captured and killed by the government just for being Chinese.

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Loveman, G. (Gary)

Gary Loveman is a former Harvard professor and economist. He became Chief Operating Officer at Harrah's Entertainment in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998 and continued in a leadership role with the company, which became Caesars Entertainment. He was Chief Executive Officer at Caesar's Entertainment until 2015.

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Dalitz, Suzanne

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Martinez, Nathalie, 1998-

Nathalie Martinez is one of the original members of the Latinx Voices project team in 2018 and remained a leader on the project which culminated in 2021. 2021 is also the year that she graduated from UNLV.

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Courtney, Fran

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