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Cassandra Casas Rojas
Cassandra Casas Rojas is a Mexican American fashion designer. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Rojas always aims to embrace her culture in her pieces. She is most popularly known for her own clothing line called "CasasRojas" after her own name. This clothing line specializes in athletic and professional, yet different comfort pieces for women to feel confident yet comfortable in. She tries her best to make her clothing sustainable, yet fun to help contribute to a cleaner and better planet.

Early Life
In her early life of her career, Cassandra Casas Rojas gained majority of her motivation from the world around her. Growing up in dance and cheerleading, Rojas learned to be aware of everything around her. Connecting to her culture and to nature, she gained ideas on ways she can expand her creativity. Being a junior in high school, she realized she wanted to get into the world of fashion. It was not an easy decision however as she had to face the harsh opinion of those around her for this career choice. Avoiding the criticism, Rojas pursued her dream of fashion design and continues to grow her business. Rojas aims for her clothes to say something of powerful meaning, rather than be just for show.

Career
Growing in the field of fashion, Rojas now owns and operates her personal clothing brand "CasasRojas". Her business has been around for about a year and is still growing. This clothing line focuses primarily on making women feel confident and comfortable, while looking amazing. She offers pieces such as classy business suits, as well as fitting workout outfits to support women no matter what their day contains. Rojas made this brand to show her own personal skills and express her opinions on what she thinks a truly good piece of clothing is. Before creating her own line, Rojas worked as a senior designer for Tasc performance company. Being aware that there are multiple talented designers in this field, Cassandra uses them as inspiration to push herself and her creativity rather than be intimidated. Rojas hopes her business will inspire people to take risks and do what their heart desires.

Accomplishments
Rojas has achieved several accomplishments through her journey in fashion, some being as big as invitations to New York Fashion Week, as well as New Orleans Fashion Week. Along with her invitations, she has won the International Youth Design Competition in 2017 in Beijing, China, won the prestigious award for her collection "gLoBaL" in 2018, won Fusion IFFTI Student Design Competition in 2018 in Shanghai, China, and won "Free to be Award" at New Zealand Emerging Designer Awards in 2019.