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He is not Mexican.  He is Native American.

Ryan Michael Juntunen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 22, 1990.  He was born to Terry Juntunen and Kathy Newago.  They lived in Minneapolis until Ryan was 2 years of age.  Where did they move?  The wonderful town of Chisholm, Minnesota.  Wonderful?  Really?  NOPE.  Ryan's dad left back to Minneapolis around the time Ryan was 3.  He and his mother stayed in Chisholm and Kathy met Brian Seppala, who she would have an "on again, off again" relationship.  Kathy and Brian would have 3 boys together, half brothers to Ryan.  Ryan's elementary and middle school days aren't too interesting, so skip shit it.  During his high school days, Ryan developed a keen appreciation for film and film making.  It was during the 8th grade that he decided he wanted to become a writer/director.  He began writing stories and soon started writing screenplays.  He had always filmed Jackass type things, but never anything of cinematic value.  It wasn't until the summer of 2005 that he finally filmed his first actual shred of footage he was proud of.  He and a couple of close friends (Andy McKean, Aaron Wald, and Doug Drow) made a 20 minute version of "The Real World" they called The Real Life.  It started out as a sleepover and developed into a partly written, mostly improvised piece of film that would be talked about and watched in Chisholm for months.  Ryan met Griffin sometime between then and the summer of 2007, because it was during this summer that they participated in the greatest thing they would do in a long time: The Scavenger Hunt.  3 teams of 5 players.  Each participant put $20 into the pot and the winning team kept it all.  There was a list of 105 items that the teams had to find and stunts they had to perform.  Sadly, Ryan's team took 2nd place, Griffin's took 1st.  1 stunt separated Ryan's team from victory.  During Ryan's Senior year of high school, he knew almost everyone in the school.  People he didn't know somehow knew him.  He made a reputation for himself as the funny man who made movies.  He won the title of Homecoming King and also the title of Class Clown.  After Graduating in 2008, which he barely pulled off as he was not a fan of school work, he took time away from school and began work.  He hated Chisholm with a passion and wanted to get out before he, like most of Chisholm graduates from the past, stayed there forever.  So, on Easter of 2009, Ryan finally moved away.  Ryan currently lives in St. Paul with Griffin, Griffin's lovely fiance and their 1 year old boy.  Ryan is still an avid fan of films and he still writes and hopes to direct by age 27.  And yes, Ryan is totally awesome.

To be continued...