DACA recipient and subject of new Phoenix musical expresses concerns about pending Supreme Court decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 Contact: Michael Anthony Scerbo / Jennifer Sturgeon Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations Email: mscerbo@rosemoserallynpr.com Email: JSturgeon@RoseMoserAllynPR.com Phone: (602) 615-6523 / (480) 495-3806 (PHOENIX) — Students at Camelback High School got a special sneak peak of a groundbreaking new musical, Americano! as the Phoenix political activist upon whose life […]
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