Onyii Brown moved to the United States from Nigeria when she was three years old. Living in poverty in Amherst, Massachusetts, Brown and her family drove from dumpster to dumpster, foraging for food thrown away by college students. Brown and her family would get their clothing from a community center—which first sparked her interest in fashion, little did she know it would lead to a lifelong passion.
Anat is a Houston based self-taught artist, born and raised in the State of Israel. High tensions and desire to find safety and security for her family brought her to various cities in the US, but when an opportunity brought them to Houston, the city captured their hearts and they had finally found home.