Country Vs. Town

ELIZABETH DZIEDZIC’S story began in Fairborn, Ohio, near Dayton’s Wright Patterson Air Force Base where she grew up in a close-knit subdivision amid a lively and social neighborhood of U.S. and British Air Force families. This unique community offered a mix of traditions and sparked her interest in traveling, leading to a trip around the

OLYA BORSUCK was born in Ukraine and thinks of her early years as a global adventure with stops in Prague, Toronto, Chicago, and eventually Seattle, where she studied nursing. “Living in Seattle was a blast, especially in my tiny yet fabulous studio right in the heart of Pike Place Market. Surrounded by the buzz of

JANIS MVK is a first-generation, Filipino-American with a rich Filipino heritage. Her father was the son of a police officer, her mother was the daughter of the mayor, and her ancestor, Jose Rizal, is the national hero of the Philippines. Janis was born in Chicago and grew up in the Western Suburbs. She spent five

ANNA BARTZ is originally from Windsor, Wisconsin, a small town outside Madison. Her family wove deep ties into the fabric of the community. Her mom served as a teacher in the district and dad distinguished himself in business and as a hall of fame wrestling coach. While Anna did not wrestle, watching her father coach