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Born in Chico, California in 1991, Rita is a daughter of a Laotian refugee. Her father became an undercover rebel during the Secret War in Laos when the U.S. extensively bombed Laos and supplied Laotians with weapons to fight communists, particularly along the Ho Chi Minh trail. When the communist Pathet Lao took over in 1975, her father was unable to graduate from the military academy in Laos. He escaped to Thailand, where he met Rita's mother, and eventually to America. Rita and her older brother now have become largely affected by their father's stories. [Profile bio] Rachel Zhuang is a Junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a Drawing minor and is originally from Florida. Kyla Sylvers is a junior at USC majoring in Dramatic Arts. Danielle is a senior at USC majoring in Neuroscience. Mason Coon is currently studying business at the University of Southern California and is originally from Long Beach, CA. [Profiler bio]
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