Riva Juarez is the creative mind behind the fashion and lifestyle DIY blog, RivaLaDiva.com. Her easy-to-follow tutorials for everything from couture knock-offs to popular hairstyles to affordable beauty and skincare tips have continually earned her a spot as a featured blogger on nationally recognized craft, fashion and sewing sites since she started in 2013. A Las Vegas native, fashion school dropout and sewing junkie, she now creates her own sunshine in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, four children and many umbrellas.

Robin McCulloch grew up as military brat living around the world. He was born in France, although he was too young to remember much about it. His family eventually retired to Texas were he attended High School and College. As a regional manager for Yamaha Motor Corporation he moved to New Jersey were he met and married Carol. They have 3 sons and consequently Carol has been out numbered for the last 32 years! The McCulloch's are big boaters, mountain bikers and they love motorcycles. Robin served a mission to Scotland and has served in various Ward and Stake callings, he is currently serving in a YSA Bishopric.

Lyndsey Howell was born and raised in beautiful Bangor, Northern Ireland, a country divided by religion. Her grandparents converted to the Church in the 1960s and she is thankful for their decision to listen to the missionaries. Despite being the only member of the Church through most of her high school years, she is grateful for the opportunity that gave her to develop and defend her testimony to her peers. She is married to the “world’s best home teacher” after they met at their BYU ward and he faithfully visited her every day with offerings of Diet Coke and an eternity of happiness. They are the parents of five children, and call the Pacific Northwest home. She holds a Bachelor of Music from BYU, and especially loves to share her testimony of the gospel through music. Her family is her greatest passion, and she loves spending time with them, whether it be snow skiing, boating, or snuggling together watching movies, eating good food, and making each other laugh until they cry.

I describe myself as a child of God, a disciple of Christ, a child of the covenant, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a mother to five amazing (and sometimes wild) children, an academy graduate, and a military officer. I am perfectly imperfect in every way and I try hard not to worry about how other people might describe me (always working on that). Any articles I write are done in my own free time and are of my own opinion. My writing does not constitute endorsement by any military branch or the Department of Defense.