About Us

Welcome to our story!  This is an account of how two young people met, fell in love, and then rode off into the sunset to enjoy a crazy, African adventure.

First, this is Lisa:

She's an outdoor educator who likes drinking tea, playing cards, and making paper crafts.  She was born and raised in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, then studied trees at Penn State University.  She can dependably be found outside (hiking) or inside (reading).

This is Dan:

He's a statistics instructor who loves hiking, biking, and basketball.  He has a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Applied Statistics.  After graduating from Penn State in 2010, he went on to work as an instructor for their  Department of Statistics.  He is funny and friendly and can often be found smoothing out relationships for his slightly-more-introverted wife.

This is Dan and Lisa:

They met on the first day of college in August 2006 and bonded over a love of theater, dinner, adventure, and spelunking.  They were married on July 17, 2010.

They always wanted to learn a new language and to live outside the country, and so, for them, the Peace Corps was a dream come true.  They applied to the program in April 2010 and were accepted in July 2011.  They arrived in Mozambique in September 2011.

They are now living in Tete, Mozambique, in the border town of Zobue.  For more information about their adventures in teaching and travel, read the blog!