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Early Childhood Life
Cassandra Casas Rojas age 28 was born on January 3rd, 1995 in Monterrey, Mexico. She lived in the city up until she was two years old, she then moved to Virginia and lived in a small town named Dinwiddle. Cassandra chose to pursue her career as a doctor and did everything by the books to get there. She continued to take advanced placement courses in high school and held leadership roles to achieve her college acceptance letters. Casas was taught discipline through her time as a cheer captain. As a first-generation student, her education was extremely important to her and she worked hard to achieve that goal.

Career Shift
Cassandra decided she no longer wanted to be a surgeon when she realized it meant having to let people know someone passed away if the surgery was not successful. Her mindset quickly shifted and she was confused about what she wanted to do with her life. She was in her junior year of high school when she realized she had a passion for the arts. She found her interest when she realized clothes are an everyday necessity. She knew fashion Universities would not care about the grades she had dedicated her time to. Being the determined person that she is, she knew she had to work extremely hard to compete with those who had dreamed of becoming fashion designers their whole life.

Kent State University is where Casas graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design with minors in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

Awards and Accomplishments
1.     2023- Austin Fashion Week April 2023

2.     2021- New Orleans fashion week November 2021

3.     2021 New York Fashion Week September 2021

4.     2021- Top 100 FAB Leader Award- Recognition of Her Contributions To The Field of Fashion, Apparel & Beauty – Las Vegas July 2021

5.     2021 Fashion Forward Disruption Through Design Exhibition- Dunedin, New Zealand March 2021-October 2021

6.     2019 New Zealand Emerging Designer Awards- Finalist 2019

7.     2018 International Youth Design Competition 4th place-  Beijing China

8.     2019- Alchemy, Kent State University Annual Fashion Show Niche Award Most Innovative Collection - Ohio US

9.     2018 Fushion Student Design Competition0 Shanghai China

10.  Undergraduate Research Symposium 2nd place - Ohio US