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by Sherif Awad I come from a family of professionals, educated people, but not artists. Since I was a child, I have always had creativity and imagination, in addition to building games for me and my cousin, I have always…

by Sherif Awad I grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Like most kids who started performing at a young age, I put shows on for family members. I would do songs for my Italian great grandmother which my dad frequently directed…

by Sherif Awad -I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. My great grandmother immigrated to New York from Puerto Rico. I grew up with my mother and father who also had both Puerto Rican heritage; They raised me…

by Sherif Awad -I was born in Monterrey, Mexico to “Mexican” parents.  My mother is from Spanish-French descent while my father is Italian-Arab. I was three years-old when we moved with my older brother and sister to Brownsville, Texas where…

by Sherif Awad -I was born and raised in Jamaica, NYC as the middle of two other siblings. I then attended Catholic school and took dancing lessons as a young girl. Had a happy childhood. Traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana…

by Sherif Awad My family is located in a small town called Harrison Ohio. I grew up living on a farm. Then I started out competing in pageants all around the world, since I was a little girl. One day…

by Sherif Awad -My mother was daughter of immigrants from Sicily to Northern Italy. My look into my heritage was at one point mixed with cinematic storytelling: I was sure sooner or later some Padrino from the Sicilian Mafia would…

by Sherif Awad -Both of my parents are artists, visual artists. They always encouraged me and my siblings to do what we love and what makes us happy. I was very fortunate for that kind of upbringing because  my parents…

by Sherif Awad -I’ve been interested in storytelling and “imaginary worlds’ since I was a little girl playing dress-up.  I have always had a vivid imagination and spent a lot of time in my head creating.        I…

by Sherif Awad I grew up in New York City, USA with my parents, brother and sister. I always sang and was surrounded by the arts. I started training for classical voice/opera when I was fourteen years-old. I sang among…