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Dava Antoniotti graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in communications and women's studies. Prior to graduation she was an intern with the YWCA Domestic Assault Program in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her domestic volunteer experience includes speaking on diversity education panels at the university level, working at a homeless shelter in New Hampshire, and teaching horseback riding to at-risk fifth grade students in Kalamazoo. She has traveled to Mexico and China, and volunteered with special-needs kids in Cross-Cultural Solutions' Lima, Peru program before moving to New York to join the CCS staff. Since joining CCS, she has also participated in the Brazil, India, Thailand, South Africa, and Morocco Programs. Dava adores living in New York, where the diversity and culture remind her of her travels around the world. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in nonprofit management at The New School.

Pete Bryan grew up in Franktown, Colorado. He participated in his first volunteer project at the age of 10, building boardwalks through the Colorado wilderness making it more accessible to senior citizens and the disabled. This project sparked Pete's lifelong love for volunteer work. He studied journalism at Colorado State University and volunteered abroad whenever his schedule allowed, traveling to places such as the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, the Bahamas, and Bolivia. His first experience with Cross-Cultural Solutions was in the summer of 2006 when he volunteered in Cartago, Costa Rica for 12 weeks. He was so impressed with Cross-Cultural Solutions that he jumped at the opportunity to move across the country and join the CCS New York staff.