Haley Palmer was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia and worked in the hospitality industry before coming to Athens in 2018 to go into treatment for substance abuse recovery. After entering into recovery, and in light…
Darrin Cook
Darrin was born in Athens and grew up in Madison County. He was an avid BMXer and raced in the 1982 Team Murray World Cup of BMX at the 1982 World’s Fair in Tennessee. Darrin graduated…
Rebecca Baggett
Rebecca Baggett was born in Wilmington NC and grew up on the North Carolina coast at Carolina Beach. She moved to Garner, NC at 13 where she later graduated from Garner Senior High. Rebecca graduated from…
Chanda Santana
Chanda Santana was born in Asheville, NC and moved to Atlanta when she was 12. She lived all around Atlanta before coming to Athens 17 years ago. She came to Athens via Project Safe, fleeing domestic…
Dennis Smillie
Dennis Smillie was born and raised in Michigan and graduated from Edsel Ford High School. He attended Northern Michigan University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in education with a major in Physical Education…
Samantha Beasley
Samantha Beasley was born in Oklahoma City, but raised here in Athens. She graduated from Athens Academy and earned a degree in Psychology from Piedmont College. She worked at Brightpaths Athens, a nonprofit that works to…
Pete Amadhanirundr
Pete was born in Bangkok, Thailand and moved to Georgia when he was 8 years old, when his dad took a job as a chef at the Ritz Carlton on Lake Oconee. He lived and went…
Asha Manzy
Asha Manzy was born in Commerce, GA and came to Athens when she was seven. She graduated from Cedar Shoals High School and attended the University of West Georgia where she earned bachelor’s degrees in History…
Victoria Cooper
Victoria was born in Belleville, Illinois and moved to Warner Robins, Georgia when she was five and lived on the Air Force Base there where her father was enlisted. She graduated from Warner Robins High School…
Joe Ehrlich
Joe was born in Los Angeles, CA but never lived there. He grew up about an hour-and-a-half away in a small town of about 2,000 people called Pine Mountain Club, CA. He graduated from Earl Wooster…