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Susan (SusieQ) Hernández was born and raised in Southern California and has lived in Las Cruces, NM for the past 15 years. She loves to travel with her best friend and kitty in their RV, and they're working on visiting all 49 states; will fly to Hawaii. Just 13 states to go! Susie served a mission in the far away land of the Arizona Tucson Mission, and loved the people of the southwest! Susie is an elementary school counselor and enjoys teaching kinder to 5th graders all about social emotional learning. Her next travel destination (not in the RV) is Israel with three of her best friends. She can't wait to see where Jesus walked because her love and testimony of Him grows each day as she studies Come Follow Me and listens to each of the Sunday on Monday podcasts.

Michelle Bury

Michelle is a Utah transplant from Colorado and if you ask her how she’s doing, she’ll happily let you know that she is living the dream. Michelle is a graduate of BYU which means every fall, you can find her cheering on her BYU Cougars Football Team and if you listen closely, you can probably hear her shouting at her TV about the games. A self proclaimed “Jill of All Trades”, Michelle enjoys a menagerie of hobbies (horseback riding, cake decorating, playing softball, gardening, watching Jeopardy, etc.) and has a life hack for almost any problem. She has a deep love of the gospel and believes that being authentic with sharing the highs and lows of her testimony will help her connect better to others as we all navigate this journey called life.

Kirsten Ward

Kirsten and Greg met at their babysitter's wedding when they were six. Kirsten knew she would marry Greg one day and waited 11 years for Greg to ask her on a date. Both Greg and Kirsten grew up in Los Altos, CA. They raised their daughter Rebekka in the Seattle area. And moved to Cottonwood Heights, UT when Bekka graduated from University and found the man of her dreams in Utah. Although Kirsten always wanted to grow up to play pro football, she graduated from BYU and went into global business development for high tech firms and currently works for Microsoft in global business advisory. She serves as a Relief Society teacher in her ward. And loves spending time with her family sailing small boats through transparent blue waters in tropical destinations around the world.

Greg Ward

Greg didn't know what the word "Mormon" meant until he started dating Kirsten senior year in high school, though had a crush on her for more than a decade. Suffice it to say Kirsten was Greg's missionary, taught him the Gospel, introduced him to BYU, and waited for him while he served a mission in Venezuela. Greg graduated BYU with a degree in Electrical Engineering, though always preferred the business side of things. Currently he is COO for a life sciences instrumentation company in Provo, UT. Greg's hobbies include paragliding and sailing.

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Josie Candland

Josie is a fun-loving, spontaneous dancing, always laughing soul who believes people should hug more. Born and raised in Mesa, Arizona she moved to Spokane with her family for her junior and senior year then moved to St. George recently completing her freshman year at Utah Tech. She sees the gospel in a different way than most, which prompted her early morning seminary teacher to say, “You should start a gospel podcast for kids,” which she is still trying determine whether or not was a compliment. A fond phrase of hers is “I love me some Jesus,” and she is convinced if anyone has a secret handshake with Jesus, it’s her.

Jill Geigle

Jill Farnsworth Geigle has educated families and communities on preparing and protecting children from pornography and technology harms for nearly 20 years. She has a bachelor’s degree from BYU and a M.Ed. from Columbia International University. She and her husband are constantly working to prepare their own eight children. Jill is currently the Director of Parent and Child Advocacy at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation working to stop online child sexual exploitation.

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'Ofa Fotu

'Ofa Fotu is the daughter of Janet and Viliami Fotu. With her son, Niua-boy, she plays piano accompaniment for the primary in their beautiful and brilliant Tongan ward. Between Sundays, she can be found teaching writing and language arts, working through a treadmill of graduate courses, and vegetable gardening.