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After studying architecture in college and landing a career in publishing because of her love of reading, Ashton Applewhite never thought she’d be a writer. Not only did she become…
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As a girl growing up in San Bernadino, California, Kathy Díaz, says she wasn’t one of those kids who knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. Instead, she…
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