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Lara Arslanian

Lara Arslanian, J.D. is a full time REALTOR® and Broker with in Pasadena. Lara combines her exceptional educational and professional training when assisting each of her clients with their real estate transactions. She became a licensed California Real Estate Broker in 1998 after receiving her Juris Doctorate from the University of La Verne College of Law. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism.

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Eszylfie Taylor

Eszylfie Taylor is the founder and president of Taylor Insurance and Financial Services located in the financial district of Pasadena, California, and serves as financial advisor to individuals, business owners, and high net worth families. Prior to founding his own company, he was a standout financial advisor at New York Life, making Chairman’s Council and finishing his career there as the highest producing advisor in the history of the African American market.

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Christian Esteban

Christian is the eldest of three brothers that run the longest Filipino family owned business in San Gabriel Valley “CHAASTE Family market” Established in 1987, in the beautiful city of roses. CHAASTE family market, has one simple mission, to keep the Filipino culture alive through food and service. 

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Joseph Del Toro

Joseph Del Toro is the owner and manager of Matador Performance Center. His family immigrated to Lincoln Heights, California in the 1970s from Mexico when Joseph was a baby. He worked as a trainer at LA Fitness, Equinox, and at a charter school for at-risk-youth. In 2007 Joseph  opened his own gym in Pasadena, Matador Performance Center.

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Albert Chiang

Albert Chiang is the CPA, ABV, and the CFF of Hsu, Yao, Thuang, and Chiang Certified Public Accountants. Albert shares and understands his family’s story giving him a perspective that allows him to see struggles as only a challenge that he will overcome and to be grateful for where he is now.

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Sandy Rosco

Sandy Rosco is the Executive Director of the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce. She loves and is passionately committed to helping small businesses grow. In 2006 she helped start the Business Expo that is now held every year free to the public.

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Jeff Julian

Jeff Julian is the head coach at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center. He helped coach Jason Lezak before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In 2015 Jeff Julian was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. While going to different doctors he was losing hope because all they saw a dead man and wouldn’t consider a treatment beyond the standard care. He about lost all hope when he finally found a doctor who gave him hope and helped put him in a clinical trial for immunotherapy drugs. Now with the cancer gone he shares his story of hope and enjoys life even more than before.

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Eva Lin

Eva Lin is the broker and owner of Lin Realty Group, a boutique real estate brokerage in Pasadena. Through her journey of immigrating to America at 13, helping her parents in their restaurant, working her way through college studying entrepreneurship, interning and learning the ways in how she does and does not want to conduct business, Eva Lin has been able to build an honest solid foundation for her life. While working for Keller-Williams Realty Eva Lin won the Rookie of the Year award for real estate in North America.

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Angel Yin

Angel Yin is an American professional golfer currently playing in her 5th season (2020) on the LPGA Tour. As a junior golfer, Angel won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships, won the California State Women’s Amateur as a 12 year old and again as a 14 year old, was the youngest player at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur, was co-medalist at a U.S. Women’s Amateur, and was the youngest player in the field at the 2012 Women’s U.S. Open (also the second youngest in history).

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Marcus Chan

Marcus grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and attended Alhambra high school. Following high school, he attended the University of California at Irvine where his life took a drastic turn. He was kicked out of college and disowned by his parents with only $100 to his name. Through grit, determination, and the support of friends, Marcus developed the skills would use later on in life to build a multi-million dollar business and open several successful restaurants.

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