Amanda holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife and a Certificate in Historic Preservation, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She has written numerous architectural, landscape, and engineering studies for the National Park Service, as well as published an award-winning history of Omena, Michigan. Amanda trained at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and in addition to teaching writing at the university level, has presented living history programs about nineteenth-century farm life. She received her undergraduate degree in American Studies from Amherst College.
Holly recently moved to the Traverse City area from Ghana, West Africa where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer. For the last ten years she has worked as a Business Analyst for corporations, large and small, from San Diego to Boston, and in all types of industries. She graduated from Central Michigan University, majoring in Management Information Systems and received a Masters from University of Phoenix. Her passion is volunteering and has participated with the American Red Cross and was a Board Member of the SACS volunteer organization in Kansas City.
Amanda holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife and a Certificate in Historic Preservation, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She has written numerous architectural, landscape, and engineering studies for the National Park Service, as well as published an award-winning history of Omena, Michigan. Amanda trained at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and in addition to teaching writing at the university level, has presented living history programs about nineteenth-century farm life. She received her undergraduate degree in American Studies from Amherst College.
Holly recently moved to the Traverse City area from Ghana, West Africa where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer. For the last ten years she has worked as a Business Analyst for corporations, large and small, from San Diego to Boston, and in all types of industries. She graduated from Central Michigan University, majoring in Management Information Systems and received a Masters from University of Phoenix. Her passion is volunteering and has participated with the American Red Cross and was a Board Member of the SACS volunteer organization in Kansas City.