When he was a kid, Jeffrey Tarayao had the loftiest of dreams—to become Pope. He had read about the lives of popes at fifth grade and decided early on that should he become head of the church, he would be called Pope Francis, a carry-over from the Franciscan-run school he had attended.
Tired of being corporate stiffs, Pete and Cathy Delantar started their own business in the 1990s, using a cheap and accessible material they had developed from local sources.