JoBeth Allen was born in Evanston, IL and lived in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Hill City Kansas, where she graduated from Hill City Rural High School. She studied education at Kansas University, earning Bachelors,…
Alejandra Calva
Alejandra Calva was born in Mexico City and grew up in Cuernavaca, the “City of Eternal Spring.” She moved to Pennsylvania when she was 11 and graduated from Pennsbury High School. She graduated from Villanova University…
Josh Miller
Josh was born in Abington, Pennsylvania. When he was seven years old, he moved to Fishkill, New York and eventually lived in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended State University of Binghamton in upstate…
Rick Fiala
Rick Fiala was born in Detroit and grew up in Michigan, Joplin, Missouri, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Penn Manor High School. Rick attended Penn State University, taking art studio classes, along with academic…
Whitney Barr
Whitney Barr was born in Columbia, South Carolina and graduated from Spring Valley High School. She attended Spelman College in Atlanta, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English. She was a Fulbright Jr. Research Scholar…
Sarah Thurman
Sarah Thurman was born outside of Los Angeles and graduated from Royal High School. She attended Humboldt State University in California, and moved to Athens to be with her now husband in 2014. Sarah is the…
Rashe Malcolm
Rashe was born in Hartford, Connecticut and lived all around the world during her childhood as a child of a military family. She moved to Georgia as a teen and graduated from Greene County High School….
Beau Shell
Beau Shell was born in Athens and has lived here his whole life. He attended Athens Christian for elementary and middle school, and is currently a sophomore at Cedar Shoals High School, where he plays drums in…
Lissa Keppner
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…