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Luzila was born in Manila , daughter of Filipino parents and Spaniard heritage and great-granddaughter of Brigadier General Rafael Crame, the first Chief of the Philippine Constabulary who was awarded the American Medal of Valor in 1921. 

Luz emigrated to the United States with both parents and two siblings. Her mother was a physician who was granted priority with a P-31 visa classification, "professional or highly skilled immigrant" during a time when western industrialized countries were suffering from a crisis in health human resources - an era later referred to as 'the brain-drain of doctors'.  The United States was luring doctors from third world countries. 

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