Lissa Keppner was born and raised in Southern California. She moved to Georgia when she was 19 and to Athens in 2013. She was a competitive fighter from 2006-2009, competing in kickboxing, Muay Thai and Mixed…
Mark Cooney
Mark Cooney was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He attended University College Dublin where he studied law and met his wife. They came to the United States in 1980. He has a PhD in…
Jessica Groves Chapman
Jessica Groves-Chapman was born in Louisville, Texas, spent most of her childhood in Warner Robins and then Macon, Georgia, where she graduated from Central High School. She started college at Emory University and finished her undergrad…
Matt Chambers
Matt was born and raised in Peachtree City where he graduated from McIntosh High School. He moved to Athens six years ago, but feels Athens as always having been his adopted hometown because of his…
Mary Kelly
Mary Kelly was born and raised in Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. She attended the University College Dublin, where she earned a degree in Archeology and History of Art. She moved to the United States in 1979…
Hank Hambright
Hank Hambright was born in Washington, D.C. and raised on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia where he attended Glynn Academy high school. He attended Warren Wilson college in Asheville, North Carolina where he got degrees in Environmental…
Valerie Bell
Valerie Bell was raised in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey where she attended Atlantic City Friends School and Absegami High School. She first attended Buena Vista University in Iowa and later to William Penn in Oskaloosa,…
Marvin Chapman
Marvin Chapman was born in Warner Robins, Georgia. He moved around some, and spent most of his childhood in Macon, Georgia, graduating from Tattnall Square Academy high school. Marvin moved to Athens in 1997 to attend…
India Rows
India Rows was born and raised in Thomson, Georgia, but attended boarding school at The Madeira School, outside of Washington, D.C. She came to Athens to go to the University of Georgia, where she majored in…
Melissa Perez Rhym
Melissa Perez Rhym was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Miami, Florida. She attended the University of Miami where she got a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and the University of Georgia where she earned…