Sara LeHoullier
Sara LeHoullier has made the terrifically long journey to Madagascar and back seven times and lived there for almost four years as a Peace Corps Volunteer, researcher, and traveler. She has trekked, biked, taken taxi-brousses, flown, and paddled from one tip of that great island to the other, having life-altering adventures and making unforgettable friends. After returning from her most recent trip in February 2011, Sara became gainfully employed with the international development group of a prominent non-governmental organization. Her office is decorated with Malagasy art and trinkets, and not a day goes by that she doesn’t spend time daydreaming about endless bowls of rice, the sun setting over the Mozambique Channel accompanied by a glass of rhum arrangé, a jostling ride through the spiny forest in a zebu-drawn cart, and the warm feeling she gets when joining Malagasy friends, THB, and homemade sausages for a night of music.

Maya Moore
Maya Moore first began her adventures in Madagascar in 2004 as a Peace Corps Volunteer trudging through mud, braving treacherous log bridges across rainforest streams, and growing her own rice. She and a group of fellow Madagascar-lovers recently founded the Maroantsetra Area Development Association (M.A.D.A.) whose mission is to provide educational and economic opportunities to communities in the Maroantsetra region. In addition to living in Madagascar, Maya is a self-proclaimed travel junkie who has traveled to 30 countries across four continents and lived in Niger, Thailand, Honduras, South Korea, and Guatemala. She also holds an M.A. in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University.