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Cassandra Casas Rojas
Cassandra Casas Rojas was born on January 3, 1995, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is a fashion designer and the founder of a fashion brand known as CasasRojas. The world’s wonder is what inspires her fashion. The earth and the elements also help to shape her overall vision. As a designer, she seeks challenges. Challenges that will test her work ethic and push her to discover aspects of herself that she did not know existed. Challenges that will force her mind to create a vision that has yet to be discovered by mankind. Challenges that lead to the solution of more depth problems, such as pollution, economic failures, and equal acceptance of humanity. Challenges that show the world that fashion is not just clothes on a runway, but a form of speech and make a difference. She is always willing to push herself past her own boundaries and limitations for the future of fashion. Her prime characteristics as a designer and as a person are: creative, devoted, and distinguished.


 * Instagram: @la_casas
 * Twitter: @laa_casas
 * LinkedIN: Cassandra Casas
 * Email: cass.casas3@gmail.com

Early Life and Education
Cassandra Casas Rojas started dancing at the age of 3. She took five dance classes three times a week, which turned into 14 years. She then transitioned into competitive cheerleading. When Cassandra Casas Rojas was young, her career goal was actually to become a neurosurgeon, which is not related to fashion at all. In high school, she dedicated her time taking courses that fulfill this career path. It wasn’t until her junior year of high school that she started taking an interest in fashion. But the trouble was that she did not have a portfolio, basic skills, or background in fashion to make a career as a fashion designer. But, she understood that if she was serious about this, she needed to enroll in one of the top fashion universities and surround herself with the finest of the finest. So, she attended Kent State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Fashion Design program in 2018.

Jobs/Career
From September 2015-2018, Cassandra Casas Rojas worked as a supervisor for The North Face. From 2016-2018, she received a fashion design internship to work at FOUNT. From September 2018-present, she works at Tasc Performance as a senior apparel designer. In December 2020, she launched her own fashion brand called CasasRojas. The inspiration for this brand is womanhood. An integration of empowerment and comfort. The brand embarked on the evolution of the woman's suit, but made them for everyday wear. At CasasRojas, they want to make sure each individual design is enough to make a statement. Their goal is to captivate, innovate, and embrace color.

Notable Collection
gLOBAL is one of Cassandra Casas Rojas’s most popular collections. This line was created as her senior collection while in college. Global nomadism is the art of traveling for a living. Global nomads travel from one country to another without a permanent job or home. One important aspect of global nomads is that they begin to lose their state of origin and their country of origin and begin to feel as if they no longer belong anywhere. Cassandra Casas Rojas chose global nomadism as her main theme because "It signifies a steady feeling of uncomfortableness and need to learn more. It made me want to create purpose to my garments and not just make people have a higher self- esteem because of what they wear. It made me realize that the fashion industry needs more purpose, and the only way to fix that is to try to bring something different to the table” (Art Threads). Through this collection, she wanted to show that clothes aren't just to make yourself feel better, but to add purpose. Some of her pieces in this line include a jacket and pants that can form into a backpack and another jacket that can become a sleeping bag.

Achievements/Awards

 * 2017 - International Youth Design Competition - Beijing, China (1 of 34 world finalists).
 * 2018 - Undergraduate Research Symposium - Ohio, United States (Awarded 2nd of 400 finalists).
 * 2018 - Fusion IFFTI Student Design Competition - Shanghai, China (1 of 45 world finalists).
 * 2018 - Alchemy, Kent State University Annual Fashion School Fashion Show - Ohio, United States ("Niche Award - Most Innovative Collection," of 27 senior collections).
 * 2018 - International Youth Design Competition - Beijing, China (Awarded 4th place of 31 world finalists).
 * 2019 - New Zealand Emerging Designer Awards - Dunedin, New Zealand, (Awarded "Free to be Award," of 25 world finalists).
 * 2021 - Fashion Forward Disruption Through Design Exhibition - Dunedin, New Zealand (1 of 25 World Finalists).