Fausto Antonio Perez was born in1957, in the small village of Cuenca, Ecuador.   In 1963, he participated in his first school play "El Pollito" (The Little Chicken).   In 1965, he was asked by his teacher to play an "angel' in a nativity play, which he again did in 1966.   In 1969, he got to play the leading part of the "Vagabond" in another school play.   In 1972, while he was attending college, he participated in "Maria" by Jorge Issac.   Between 1970 and 1972 he got into music and also became fascinated with martial arts films.   He would spend a great deal of his time trying to imitate his idol Jimmy Wong Yu.   In 1973 he lost his father, and his life would change forever.   In 1976, he came to this country, and by 1978 he married Edith, the love of his life.   After graduating from Devry University in Chicago with a degree in science and electronics, he went on to work for a private company.   In 1986, he opened Broadway Video with a partner in Melrose Park.   In 1990, he graduated with a degree in business management and went on to become the plant manager.   In 1992, he opened his second video store in Franklin Park.

Edith Shirley Perez was born in 1980, in Illinois.   Her parents opened their first video store in Melrose Park when she was six years old.   As a child, she watched every childrens movie and musical that was in stock with her mother, Edith Perez, and her younger sister Lily.   Together, they would re-enact different scenes from movies for their parents.   During her grade school years she performed in the yearly Christmas musical productions.   Upon entering Immaculate Conception High School, she auditioned for and was cast in high school musical productions which included South Pacific and Guys & Dolls.   She has always had a love for the performing arts and aside from having taken private Latin ballroom dance lessons for several years; she also joined a Mexican Folkloric Dance Ballet called Raices Culturales during her college years.   She graduated from Elmhurst College in 2003 after having performed in several productions which included Into the Woods , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , The Miss Firecracker Contest , I Stand Before You Naked , and The Vagina Monologues .   During her years at Elmhurst College, she also branched her talents with a more technical aspect by stage-managing, directing and even doing make-up design for numerous productions at the Mill Theatre.   After having participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Evansville, Indiana in 2002, she decided to focus on a career in theatre and moved to Florida the following summer to complete an internship at Seaside Music Theatre.   After graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre in 2003, she was cast for and worked on a pilot for a children's educational show in Spanish.   While working on this show, she realized how much she enjoyed working on an educational production for children, as well as working with children.   When the show was not picked up, she made the decision to pursue her M.A. in Elementary Education at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.   She is currently working on earning this degree and looks forward to the day when she will have her own classroom where she can use her artistic and creative abilities to educate students and encourage pursuit of the arts.   In 2007, she began working closely with her father, Fausto Antonio Perez, on production of the documentary Ecuador Lejos .   Having studied Spanish throughout her high school and college years, she drew upon her knowledge of both the English and Spanish language to provide the translated subtitles for this documentary.   She looks forward to working more closely on all upcoming productions by Atenas Producciones.