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Smith, Cassius, 1975-
"Cassius Smith's art began in rebellion with graffiti and transitioned into a winning clothing line. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to Newark, New Jersey so he could be near New York where fashion is king. Smith began to sketch items of clothing in elementary school and years later a serendipitous encounter on the train in New York where a man bumped into him spilling soda on his clothing led to a fulfillment of his fashion dreams. That man worked with the guys at FUBU. Smith worked for FUBU and other design houses for the next10 years.
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Antonio, Marie Antoinette, 1970-
"Interviewed by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans. Marie Antonio was born in 1970 in Cagayan de Oro which translates to Golden Friendship. Her father was a doctor who worked as a government employee while her mother was a piano teacher who inspired her love for music and piano at the young age of four. Her grandparents lived on a small island where they would visit for holidays and celebrations, and in her free time she spent her days embracing the beautiful nature of the Philippines and playing outside.
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Elliott, Estrellita
"Interviewed by Vanessa Concepcion and Stefani Evans. Twins Estrellita "Estelle" and Julieta "Julia" Elliott were born in Manila and raised in Cebu City by their maternal grandparents. Their lawyer grandfather and Spanish professor grandmother raised them with a tricultural identity (Spanish, Filipino, and American) but with emphasis on their Castilian Spanish heritage. When they were twelve and their grandfather died, they went to live with their parents in Maryland, where their father was an educator and author and their mother was a concert pianist.
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Elliott, Julieta
"Interviewed by Vanessa Concepcion and Stefani Evans. Twins Estrellita "Estelle" and Julieta "Julia" Elliott were born in Manila and raised in Cebu City by their maternal grandparents. Their lawyer grandfather and Spanish professor grandmother raised them with a tricultural identity (Spanish, Filipino, and American) but with emphasis on their Castilian Spanish heritage. When they were twelve and their grandfather died, they went to live with their parents in Maryland, where their father was an educator and author and their mother was a concert pianist.
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Wattin, Lucela M., 1979-
"Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Arriving in Las Vegas in 2015 directly from her hometown in Cebu Province, Philippines, Lucela M. Wattin was struck by the dry climate, "like an oven!" But she immediately felt at home in her apartment near Spring Mountain Road and Chinatown, because she could buy familiar food items, and because her new next door neighbor also came from Cebu Province.
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Mulrooney, Edward P. (1874-1960)
Edward P. Mulrooney was the former Police Commissioner of New York City, New York between 1930 and 1933. He was born on July 24, 1874 in Union City, New Jersey to Irish immigrants. Mulrooney joined the Police Department in 1896 and was most well known for serving as New York State's first chariman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in 1933, immeidately after the repeal of Prohibition. A speech by Mulrooney speech on gun control was used for a foreward for the Howard Hughes-produced film Scarface (1932).
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