Mario Oña:
CLASS OF 2000
University of South CarolinaClass of 2000
Columbia, SC
Mario's Story
Mario is from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He is married with Deniz Sevgili Oña. His schools include University of South Carolina. He later attended University of South Carolina (Public Relations, Journalism). He works(ed) at Self, Booz Allen Hamilton, U.S. Federal Government.
Mario's interests include Spending time with family, Traveling Everywhere and Anywhere, College football, Soccer, South Carolina Gamecocks, Manchester United, Selección Ecuatoriana de Fútbol - F.E.F., Walter Payton. Music he likes includes SPANGLISH FLY, Rancid, The Brand. Books he likes include Langston Hughes, The Road to Los Angeles, John Donne. Movies he likes include The Big Lebowski, Il Postino, Almost Famous.
One of Mario's favorite quotes is:"The music from the trumpet at his lips is honey mixed with liquid fire/The rhythm from the trumpet at his lips is ecstasy distilled from ...Expand for more
old desire... It's hypodermic needle to his soul but softly as the tune comes from his throat trouble mellows to a golden note" - Langston Hughes, "The Trumpet Player".
More about Mario:"Our baby was born five weeks early, but not a minute too soon.
Happily married. Had a dog named Pablo Neruda. We have a black Jeep named Johnny Cash. We all live in horse country Upper Marlboro, Md. outside of D.C. My brothers are my best friends, my parents are my anchor and my wife my partner in crime. I have one massive Ecuadorean family and one tiny Turkish family through marriage. I'm Catholic by birth, but I've been saved by music. And I'm Muslim by association. I work at one of those places that if I tell ya, I kinda gotta kill ya. Though I love writing about music, I wouldn't want to do it full time. I like writing about music just enough to always miss it.".
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