Day: December 11, 2017

About Daron Hagen Opera and contemporary classical music composer, educator, and stage director who received the 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. His works were noted for their psychological and emotional intensity. He focused on tonality, using serial, pitch class, and octatonic techniques. He started composing at the age of 13 when his brother gave him a recording…

About Jerusha Hess Directed the hit indie comedy Napoleon Dynamite with directing partner and husband Jared Hess. She met Hess while attending Brigham Young University s film school. Her film Napoleon Dynamite started out as the short film Peluca, which featured much of the same cast that ended up starring in the feature-length film. Jerusha Hess…

About Ziauddin Yousafzai Diplomat best recognized as the father of Nobel laureate and education rights activist Malala Yousafzai. After his daughter s rise to the public eye, he became the United Nations Special Advisor on Global Education.  As a child, he had a stutter but despite this was determined to prove he could learn to speak…

About Rachel Lim Fashion aficionado and entrepreneur who rose to fame as one of the co-founders of the clothing brand Love, Bonito.  She was only eighteen when she co-founded Love, Bonito in 2006. It originally began as a project to earn a little extra pocket money.  An influencer known for her travel and style photographs,…