Livia Rice is originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. After graduating from East Carolina University, she taught in North Carolina before moving to Arizona. Mrs. Rice taught Kindergarten and First grade for Scottsdale Unified School District for 22 years.  During that time, she earned a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from ASU. Most recently she taught at Hopi Elementary for the past 14 years. Her two children both went to Hopi, Ingleside, and Arcadia.

Allison is originally from Chicago but moved to Phoenix when she was an infant. She, her sister, and her daughter are all products of Hopi Elementary, Ingleside Middle School, and Arcadia High School. She attended Texas Christian University and Grand Canyon University. Alli taught 2nd grade at Hopi for 22 years and earned her National Board Certification as an Early Childhood Generalist in 2007, and renewed it again in 2017. Her daughter is a senior at The University of Arizona. Allison loves living near the Arcadia neighborhood, where her family still lives.