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Sierra (name)
Sierra is both a surname and a feminine given name. It is the Spanish word for saw or mountain range, and as such it connotes strength and groundedness. It originates from the Galicia and Asturias regions of northern Spain. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Álvaro Sierra (born 1967), Colombian road cyclist * Arlene Sierra (born 1970), American classical composer * Javier Sierra (born 1971), Spanish journalist * Jessica Sierra (born 1985), ''American Idol 4'' contestant * José David Sierra (born 1980), Puerto Rican drag queen also known as Jessica Wild * José Luis Sierra (born 1968), Chilean footballer * Liza del Sierra (born 1985), French pornographic actress, film director, and producer. In use as stage name. * Magneuris Sierra (born 1996), Dominican professional baseball player * Nadine Sierra (born 1988), American operatic soprano * Roberto Sierra (born 1953), Puerto Rican classical composer * Rubén Sierra (born 1965), Puerto Rican professional baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the Douro Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Cartwright
Sierra Cartwright (born 12 October 1963) is an International and two-time USA Today Best-Selling contemporary romance writer who has published more than 30 books, including the mass market paperback Donovan Dynasty Series: Bind, Brand, and Boss. Career "Sierra wrote her first book at age nine, a fanfic episode of Star Trek when she was fifteen, and she completed her first romance novel at nineteen. Sierra took part in a series done by Total-E-Bound Publishing called the Clandestine Classics. The controversial re-vemp of these classics caught the attention of Anderson Cooper 360° and was mentioned on a segment in July 2012. Her second novel in the Mastered series, "On His Terms" was listed by Look Magazine as one of "Fifty Shades of Grey: 5 Books That Put It To Shame." The sixth novel in the Mastered series "In The Den" has an article on USA Today. Sierra was also the keynote speaker at BDSM Writers Con 2016 in NYC. She also co-hosted multiple writing seminars and panels at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Rallison
Janette Rallison (born April 1, 1966) is an American writer best known for her light romance novels for young adults. She also writes young adult science fiction and fantasy under the pen name C. J. Hill, and adult romantic novels as Sierra St. James. She has five children, including James, a cartoonist and YouTuber. Biography Personal life Rallison was born in 1966. She grew up in Pullman, Washington. Growing up in a small town influenced the settings Rallison writes about in her books. She later moved to Chandler, Arizona. She began writing at the age of six years old, and has continued to write throughout her life in the genres of romance and science fiction. She attended college at Brigham Young University where she studied English Teaching. She is married and has five children: Luke, Kate, James, Faith, and Arianna. James Rallison, an Internet personality and animator, is better known online as TheOdd1sOut. Rallison is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Schmidt
Sierra Schmidt (born May 6, 1998) is a retired American competition swimmer. Early life Schmidt was born to Melinda and Joseph Schmidt in Scottsdale, Arizona. Schmidt graduated from the 21st Century Cyber Charter School in Exton, Pennsylvania in 2017. Career Schmidt won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the 800 metre freestyle. This performance set a Pan American Games record. She was a multiple time junior national champion in 2014 and competed for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club from 2014-2016. She competed for the University of Michigan and Club Wolverine from 2017-2021 and graduated from the University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ... in May 2021, earning a BA in Film, Television, and Media, with honors. She was a six-time CSCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Romero
Sierra Joy Romero (born March 19, 1994) is a Mexican American professional softball player. She formerly was a volunteer assistant softball coach for the Oregon Ducks softball team. She played college softball for Michigan from 2013 to 2016, where she set numerous records and was a four-time All-American. She holds the Big Ten Conference career Triple Crown, along with the total bases and slugging percentage records, simultaneously leading all of the NCAA Division I in runs scored and grand slams. She was the inaugural winner of both the espnW Softball Player of the Year in 2015 and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Player of the Year in 2016, when she also took home the Honda Sports Award Softball Player of the Year and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards. She is one of nine NCAA players to hit .400 with 200 RBIs, 50 home runs and an .800 slugging percentage for her career and was named the #5 Greatest College Softball Player. Early Years Romero was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Noble
Sierra Dawn Sky Noble (born February 20, 1990) is a non-binary Canadian singer-songwriter, and fiddle player. Their first album was instrumental, they played a traditional fiddle and followed up with a vocal album in 2008. They have won numerous musical awards, and has opened for famous rock stars like Bon Jovi. They are also an active philanthropist. Biography Early life Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Noble is the third and youngest child of Sherry Noble (born in Kingston, Ontario) and David Noble (born in Muscatine, Iowa). They moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1990. Sierra attended École Laura Secord School from pre-school to the grade 4 when they transferred to Wolseley School for grades 5 and 6. They attended and graduated from Gordon Bell High School with the exception of grades 10 and 11 when they attended The University of Winnipeg Collegiate on a full scholarship from the University of Winnipeg president, Lloyd Axworthy. Sierra Noble began by busking at The Forks in Winnip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra McCormick
Sierra McCormick (born October 28, 1997) is an American actress. She first became known for participating on the game show '' Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'' (2007–2008) before making her acting debut with a recurring role as Lilith on the television series ''Supernatural'' (2008). She also starred as Scout Thomas on the comedy television series '' Romantically Challenged'' (2010), played Alice in the direct-to-DVD film '' Spooky Buddies'' (2011), for which she won a Young Artist Award, and received recognition for her role as Susan Kushner in the comedy film ''Ramona and Beezus'' (2010). McCormick had her breakthrough starring as Olive Doyle on the Disney Channel series ''A.N.T. Farm'' (2011–2014). She has since transitioned to more mature film roles, receiving praise for starring as Moira in the horror indie film '' Some Kind of Hate'' (2015) and earning critical acclaim for her roles as Fay Crocker in the science fiction film '' The Vast of Night'' (2019), which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra McClain
Sierra Aylina McClain (born March 16, 1994) is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she was first recognized for her role as Sierra in ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007). She had her breakthrough as Nessa Parker in ''Empire'' (2016–2018), and is also best known for starring as Tanya Clifton in the television series '' Mindhunter'' (2019). Her film roles have included starring as Tosha in the films '' Honey: Rise Up and Dance'' (2018), and as Carina in '' Shrink'' (2009). She is currently starring as Grace Ryder in '' 9-1-1: Lone Star'' (2020–present). As a singer, she is best known as a member of the sister brother group Thriii with her sisters. Early life Sierra Aylina McClain was born on March 16, 1994, in Decatur, Georgia. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer who produced Solange Knowles' debut album ''Solo Star'' (2002). Her mother, Shontell, is a songwriter and former screenwriter. She has two younger sisters, Lauryn and China Anne, who are also act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Kay
Sierra Kay Kusterbeck (born December 18, 1990), better known as Sierra Kay, is an American singer-songwriter and model. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the rock band VersaEmerge. Early life Kusterbeck was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. She began taking vocal lessons in the third grade. She attended the arts-centric PCCA Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg for three years as a Musical Theatre major, but dropped out of high school to pursue music as a career. Career VersaEmerge Kusterbeck auditioned to be VersaEmerge's lead vocalist in 2006, by sending a tape of herself singing one of VersaEmerge's songs, "The Blank Static Screen". VersaEmerge released their first EP with Kusterbeck on vocals, ''Perceptions'', in May 2008. They were signed to Fueled by Ramen in 2008, and they released their self-titled EP in 2009 and their debut album ''Fixed at Zero'' the following year. In October 2010, Kusterbeck appeared alongside her bandmates from VersaEmerge o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Katow
Sierra Lynn Katow is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and podcaster. Early life Sierra Lynn Katow was born to Vincent and Corinne Katow at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California and is a fourth-generation American of Chinese and Japanese heritage. She grew up in La Cañada in Los Angeles County. Katow attended La Cañada Elementary School, La Cañada High School, and Harvard University, where she was part of a number of comedy groups including the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society and vice-president of ''The Harvard Lampoon''; and from 2013 to 2014 a cartoonist for ''The Harvard Crimson'', and graduated with a degree in Computer Science in 2016. While attending college, Katow performed in and around Boston and around Hollywood when home on summer break, and participated in a ''Lampoon'' roast of and award ceremony for Jimmy Fallon in 2015. Career Katow began performing at comedy clubs at the age of 16, and broke into the West Coast stand-up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Jackson
Sierra (Jackson) Giesler (born August 1992) is a sprint car racer from Middleton, Idaho. Giesler began dirt track kart racing at the age of six, graduating to asphalt sprint car racing in 2006 and briefly racing late model stock cars in 2007. She has had wins at racetracks throughout the Northwestern United States and in Canada. Giesler holds sprint car qualifying speed records at Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls, Idaho and on the old track configuration at Meridian Speedway in Meridian, Idaho. Giesler is the youngest driver and first female to win the Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association championship, doing so in 2011 at the age of 19, also becoming the first Ford driver to do so. She was also the inaugural Canadian-American Western Winged Sprintcars champion in 2012. In 2014 she finished second in the western portion of Davey Hamilton's King of the Wing Series. She is also the only female driver to win the prestigious NSRA/WWS Diamond Cup at Meridian Speedway, winning it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Hyland
Sierra Hyland (born March 3, 1995) is a professional softball pitcher for the Smash It Sports Vipers of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She represented Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and helped them place fourth. Early life Hyland was born in Merriam, Kansas and grew up in Visalia, California. She played softball at El Diamante High School. Playing career She graduated from the Cal Poly. She played for the Cleveland Comets The Cleveland Comets were a women's professional softball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded by General Manager, Stephen Dunn. They moved to Cleveland from Akron, Ohio, in 2018. The Comets played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch Nation .... References 1995 births Living people American sportspeople of Mexican descent Cal Poly Mustangs softball players Cleveland Comets players Competitors at the 2022 World Games Mexican softball players Olympic softball players for Mexico People from Shawnee, Kansas Smash It Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
