The Wonderful ADE Staff

So I was going to write a little blurb about each person on the permanent staff of ADE, but I wanted to use some of their own words too, so I copied this from the website (my words are in Italics under each picture):

Tomás Enrique Dozier Zahner

 General Director, Community Director

Geology (Occidental College, California)

Education (Holy Names University)

Masters in International Development (Eastern University)

Educator for past 18 years and fanatic of Gallo Pinto, 

Cafe Chorreado, tortillas palmeadas, and chilero

Tomás always offers you coffee, and then will sit and drink a cup with you, never letting on that he is late for a meeting.  He is a friend to everyone, eager to laugh, teach, and give thanks to God in everything.  And for some reason, he reminds me a little of my Uncle Jay.

Chelsea Dozier

Writer

English and Comparative World Literature, Psychology (Occidental College, California)

Spanish (Spanish Language Institute)

Counseling Certificate (Family Ministries and FPCB)

English professor/instructor for 15 years

Homeschool mother of three wonderful children

Trilingual, Aerobics instructor, Enjoys playing violin

Even though she is busy teaching at the ADE high school and homeschooling her own children, she still has overflowing patience and good cheer.  She has a full and wonderful laugh, an eagerness to share with others (and a giant book shelf, which makes for a good combination in my opinion), and a certain glow about her.

Lindsey Miller

Director of International Coordination

Public and Urban Affairs: International Development, 

Political Science, Mathematics (Virginia Tech)

Internship United Nations (Vienna, Austria)

Has a german shepherd puppy named "Ash Esperanza" 

or "Ashes" for short

Lindsey is one of those people who seems to know who they are and stays faithful to that, which is something that I have always admired.  She is pretty darn funny, even though she doesn't think she is, a hardworker, and pure of heart.  And a Hokie, so she gets extra points :)

 Ben Runyon

Director of Sustainable Development

Biblical Studies, Social Science (Bethel College, IN)
Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management (Northeastern University, MA)
MBA Urban Economic Development (Eastern University, PA)

Likes sports, books, food that is not vegetables, the beach, and may
or may not enjoy dancing salsa

Ben is a good sport for being the only guy in the house (we like to call him "dad" and Frances "mom.")  He has a great sense of humor and a strong work ethic - and he's tall, so he can reach all the cups on the top shelf for us.

Frances Joy Santiago

Director of Sustainable Development

Latin American Studies: Political Science and Sociology (Hood College, MD)

MA Urban Development (Eastern University, PA)

High school Spanish teacher for four years

Addicted to travel, style blogs, dark chocolate and young-adult
fiction books and is trying to learn to sew

Frances is beautiful, stylish, and full of personality.  She has traveled all over the world, is constantly reading, is completely fluent in Spanish (she was born in Puerto Rico) and makes spicy, delicious meals. 

Kiku Runyon Santiago (Ben and Frances' dog)

Fluent in English and Spanish
Traveled in four states and Puerto Rico
Enjoys long walks in the park
Hates bicycles

And now we have 2 little kittens, Pirata and Elefante, both gray striped and blue-eyed (Kiku doesn't seem to accept the new family members and has been acting like a first-born jealous of a new brother and sister, which, as you can imagine, is pretty hilarious.)