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        Our Stories, Our Experiences: Defining who we are      


 


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(June 22 - July 23)
 


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(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)
 


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(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
 

SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 23- DEC. 21)
 
  LIBRA
(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)

 

 

ESTHER BAXTER, Model                                                                                         
D.O.B.:
09/25/84 (Libra))

Background: African-American, Norwegian, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Indian.
 

Interesting fact:

  • Esther Baxter rose to prominence after being featured in the music video for Petey Pablo's single "Freek-A-Leek" in 2004. Since then, she has appeared in several music videos , including Ludacris's "Number One Spot", Will Smith's "Switch", Nelly's "Shake Ya Tailfeather" and Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan". In addition to video success, she's also been in a number of magazines, such as Smooth, VIBE, King, and XXL.
     
 

 

 

SHERRI SAUM, Actress                                                                                          
D.O.B.:
10/1/74 (Libra))

Mother: German

Father: African-American

On her mixed background:

Interesting fact:

  • Schneider took out a full-page ad in Variety to send an open letter to the Hollywood community, pledging as "a 1/2 Jew" to "never work with Mel Gibson-actor-director-producer-and anti-Semite.'" He further wrote that "even if Mr. Gibson offered me a lead role in 'Passion of the Christ 2', I, like Bernie Brillstein, would have to say 'No!"
 


 

 

ROB SHNEIDER, Actor/Comedian                                                                                            D.O.B.: 10/31/63 (Libra))

Mother: Filipino

Father: Jewish-American

On his mixed background:

"My mom's Filipino. Her family had better food and worse jokes, " he told People magazine. "My dad's Jewish. They had worse food and better jokes."

Interesting fact:

  • Schneider took out a full-page ad in Variety to send an open letter to the Hollywood community, pledging as "a 1/2 Jew" to "never work with Mel Gibson-actor-director-producer-and anti-Semite.'" He further wrote that "even if Mr. Gibson offered me a lead role in 'Passion of the Christ 2', I, like Bernie Brillstein, would have to say 'No!"
 

 

 
SHARON LEAL, Actress                                                                                                              D.O.B.: 10/17/72 (Libra)
Mother: Filipina

Father: African-American

On her mixed background:

"I started off with my first Broadway show, 'Miss Saigon,' and it doesn't get any more Asian than that. I won the Asian Excellence Award and I know people were like, "Huh?" People don't know my mother is from the Philippines," she told Essence.com. "Hopefully, there will be some kind of project where I can tap into that side [again]. Obviously the dominating race is Black and that is what you can see and feel when you look at me. "

"For a lot of people with multicultural backgrounds and African-Americans, you always feel like we are the underdogs. When you take something as huge as our president and it is someone who looks like you, it gives you a lot of hope for things you want to do for yourself and your children. It's really inspiring to witness Barack Obama's rise. I am so excited."

Leal's film credits include Dreamgirls (2006); Why Did I Get Married? (2007);  Soul Men (2008); Private Practice (2009)

 

 

 

 
KARYN PARSONS, Actress/Model                                                                                                 
D.O.B.:
10/8/66 (Libra)
Mother: African-American

Father: Caucasian

On her mixed background:

"When I’m around Black or White people, I’m always in the middle," she told Essence.com. "Especially when I am around Black people; they will really tell how they feel about White people regardless of the fact that I’m also White and have White relatives. It’s very interesting and can be really hard....The race thing is something we continue to deal with and just have to learn to love ourselves and others."

Interesting Fact:
 

  • Parsons is best known for her role as Hillary Banks in the TV Sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
 

 

 
 MYA, Singer/Actress/Producer/Dancer/Choreographer                                                                                               
D.O.B.
:
10/10/1979 (Libra)
Mother: Italian-American

Father: African-American

On her mixed background:

"There was a time in my life when I wasn't popular and accepted by kids in school," she told Canada's Much Music television show. "I was made fun of with braces and kinky hair, and being from a multicultural family, et cetera. ... And it really hurts when you're that age, but later when you get something of your own or you get involved in activities like a sport, you begin to be accepted for what you do, and your personality and who you are, instead of your clothes and how you look and the name designer brands you have on."

Interesting fact:

  • Harrison has sold over 24 million albums worldwide and has won numerous awards including one Grammy award, two MTV Video Music Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
 

 

 

 

JENNIFER FREEMAN, Actress                                                                          
D.O.B.:
10/20/85 (Libra))

Mother:  African-American

Father: Jewish-American

Interesting fact:
  • Freeman is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids.
  • Jennifer was engaged to R&B artist Marques Houston, who she met on the set of You Got Served though it did not work out.
     
  • She's best friends with actress, Kyla Pratt
 

 

 

 

 

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