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Grenfell, Celia, 1926-

Celia Rivero was born on October 31st 1926 in Las Vegas, Nevada to her parents, Margarita R. and Francisco G. Rivero. Her father moved from Tepic, Mexico to Las Vegas in 1917 and met her mother who came from Guadalupe de Los Reyes, Mexico. Celia lived in Downtown Las Vegas with her family for about sixteen years, before they moved to Vegas Heights which was a developing community in Las Vegas.

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Warren, Melissa, 1959-

Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.

Melissa Warren grew up in Salt Lake City Utah before moving to Las Vegas at the age of 31 in 1990.

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Raben, Barbara, 1945-

Barbara (Shulman) Raben (1945- ) is a leader in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community. She moved to Las Vegas in 1991 and was a member of Temple Beth Sholom before joining Midbar Kodesh Temple shortly after its establishment in 1995. Raben became involved with the Southern Nevada Chapter of Hadassah in 2003 when she participated in the Hadassah Leadership Academy program. She later served as President of the Chapter. She is also involved with the Jewish Family Service Agency of Clark County, Nevada.

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Poon, Percy

Dr. Percy Poon was born January 10, 1958 in Hong Kong, China, the oldest of four children. He attended Catholic school through junior high and high school, but decided to work after high school instead of going on to college. After working in banking and police forensics for a couple of years, he decided to continue his education.

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Schwartz, Stanley

Schwartz was born on May 13, 1926 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He attended Colorado Military School in Denver, Colorado and the University of Southern California. He left the university without a degree and went into the merchant tailoring business in Los Angeles, California. After that business went bankrupt, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his brother, Seymour Schwartz, around 1951 and started Schwartz Brothers Clothing.

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