M IS MIA J DENO'S BFA COLLECTION AS A GRADUATE OF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY. THEIR FIRST DECK OF TAROT CARDS WAS GIVEN TO THEM BY THEIR FIRST FASHION DESIGN INSTRUCTOR WHEN SHE LEFT THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM THEY JOINED AT 15. THE CARDS HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN TO HER AND THEN TO MIA, AS FIRST DECKS ARE INTENDED TO BE, AND THROUGHOUT MIA'S LIFE, HAVE GIVEN THEM THE SAME SENSE OF CALM AND RECENTERING.