Laura Perazzoli lives and works in Portland, Oregon. She completed her first pilgrimage in 2004 on the Camino Francés. She has since led student pilgrimage trips on the Camino Francés, the Camino del Norte & Primitivo, the Via Francigena and the Le Puy route in France. Dave Whitson is a high school History teacher in Portland, Oregon. He first walked the Camino del Norte and Camino Primitivo in 2008 and has returned six times.