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Background
Cassandra Casas Rojas is a fashion designer born on January 3, 1995, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. At the age of 14, Rojas took dance classes and aspired to be a neurosurgeon, but shared that fashion was always something that she wanted to do. It wasn't until she was 18 that she started to look more into the fashion industry and apply to Kent State University for the Fashion Design Program. Following her desire and interest in fashion, soon and sure enough, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in the Fashion Design Program at Kent State University in 2018. Now, Casas Rojas always makes sure to incorporate where she came from into her work and she hopes that it serves as an inspiration to others.

Experience and Education
After earning her degree, things only got better for Rojas. Spring of 2020, Rojas launched her own personal clothing brand called CasasRojas where she carries the role of being the sole designer and vision of the brand, social media manager, E-commerce manager, and photoshoot-planner and executer. She also became a senior fashion designer in 2018 and has participated in an internship called FOUNT. From 2015-2018, she was also a supervisor for The North Face. Her motto for her brand is "CasasRojas stands behind diversity, integrity, and empowerment. Made to empower one another, uplift each other to reach our true potential, and be there for one another when we can’t be there for ourselves."

Awards
Besides her rich experience, Rojas has also earned several awards.
 * Fashion Forward Disruption through Design in Dunedin, NZ (1 of 25 finalists)
 * Placed 4th place in the International Youth Design Competition in Beijing, China
 * Placed 2nd place for an undergraduate student research symposium at Kent State University
 * one of 45 finalists for the Fashion Iffiti Student Design Competition in Shanghai, China.

The Road to Success
Although it may seem that things went on smoothly for Rojas, she also had her fair share of struggles. Throughout her journey, many people didn't believe in her and didn't support her. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, her team got very small so she had to put more work on her plate. However, Rojas shared that this turned out to be beneficial to her in the long run since she became the lead designer for her company. In all, Casas Rojas wants people to follow through with their dreams. As she herself went through tough obstacles to get to where she is now, it was worth it.