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Hanae Yamamoto

Hanae Yamamoto was born and raised in Miyazaki, Japan. She has been playing piano for over 20 years! Hanae served a full time mission in the Hawaii, Honolulu mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To this day Hanae continues to play the piano and is currently studying Piano Performance at Brigham Young University. She is busy attending school while taking care of her husband and 2 little boys. Hanae loves cats, ramen, online shopping, and playing with children. She is a talented young woman who works hard and loves meeting new people. She aspires to be a homemaker and professional piano teacher.

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Mary Wood

Mary Wood grew up in Louisiana and graduated from the Honors College of the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in music performance. She performed with the Orchestra at Temple Square and worked with the Utah Symphony until switching careers to start a thriving professional organizing business. Mary is a single mom of two and loves to seek beauty through reading and travel. Always up for a good road trip, Mary has been to all 50 states and is currently working on visiting the national parks of the US.

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Neylan McBaine

Neylan McBaine is the co-founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, a non-profit focused on popularizing women’s history in creative and communal ways. She has written or contributed to several books, including her most recent, Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West.

Jennifer Kaufmann

Jennifer Bishop Kaufmann was born and raised in Maryland where she developed a love for seafood, life-long friends, and a love for the gospel. She attended Utah Valley State College, then BYU Provo, then BYU Idaho. Jen is married to Reed, whom she met as a counselor at a church camp (EFY). They currently live in Columbus Ohio with their four children. Jennifer is still deciding what she wants to be when she grows up and has dabbled in a bit of everything from health, dance, psychology to communications. Currently, she is a fulltime chauffeur, maid, counselor to teenage girls and puppy wrangler. In addition to those duties, she hopes to keep working her way to being a true disciple of Christ and loving others as He does. Jen also hopes to one day have a full night’s sleep again.

Lita Little Giddins

Lita Little Giddins was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Southern California. She has been involved in the recording, commercial, film, and musical theater industries. She is a graduate of BYU, with a BA in socio-cultural anthropology and an MA in clinical social work. She is currently Assistant Dean for Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion for the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at BYU.