Born in Telde (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) in 1971, Juan Verde arrived in the U.S. at the age of 15. There he was taken in by the Seoanes, a Cuban family whom his own family had helped when they emigrated to Spain before moving to Boston. He set foot on American soil without speaking a word of English; he graduated cum laude in political science and international relations; he earned a master of public administration from Harvard and ended up working for three U.S. presidents: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. Today he is a consultant in both the private and public sectors and has specialized in sustainable economics. “With this last name,” he says (Verde means “green” in Spanish) “it was predestined.”

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GWAR was never an ordinary rock band. And in the recent documentary This Is GWAR, director Scott Barber digs into the past and present of the music and art collective that simultaneously defied categorization while infiltrating late twentieth century pop culture and continues to entertain fans today with heavy metal and elaborate—even gory—stage shows. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article by clicking above.

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