An Evening with Rosario Dawson - Maverick Spirit Award

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Moderated by Jennifer Siebel Newsom “You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: 'Played it Safe.'” – Rosario Dawson Rosario Dawson paves her own path. While she could easily select generic projects, she chooses roles that speak to her as an artist and as a human being. It is her unbridled passion and provocative, uninhibited approach that continually leaves the audience profoundly impacted. Born and raised in New York City amongst poverty in a rundown tenement, Dawson takes great pride in the incredible love she has for family. Raised by her mother, a singer of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban descent, and her stepfather, a construction laborer of Irish descent, she uses the struggles and challenges she faced in her youth as inspiration—often selecting gritty, edgy, urban roles. READ MORE >>