Tara is a former field biologist and now artist and illustrator. She is inspired by beauty, story, and wonder. She enjoys hiking with her ornithologist husband and their dog, Finch.
Tara Kate
Kathleen Marie
Kathleen has always enjoyed learning about different cultures. Being family – oriented, she loves time with her adult children and grandchildren.
Pedro Molina
Pedro facilitates meetings for El Puente, a Spanish Conversation Group in Corvallis, and enjoys sharing food, walks, and stories.
Anna Odenwald
Anna is a Louisiana native who loves to spend time with people from around the world. She works in project management in Corvallis and loves all things outdoor adventure.
Monica Laura Olvera
Anna Sherrett-Ouattara
Anna was born and raised in rural Oregon. As a young adult she spent 4 transformative years in West Africa.
Maxine Prickel
Maxine has 30+ years experience teaching English in colleges and agencies in California, Oregon and abroad. She loves encouraging communication and sharing across cultures and ages.
Amanda Puitiza
Amanda is a Peruvian graduate student at OSU researching animal behavior. I joined the volunteer team this school year as I just moved here from New York
Suvedha Ruppa
Suvedha has experience teaching ESL to a wide. range of students and is passionate about providing safe spaces for learning and cultural understanding.
Michael Schnee
Mike is a retired professional forester and public policy facilitator and mediator. He is a volunteer community mediator and enjoys engaging with people from around the world to learn from them and to help them adapt to living in our community.