Danna K. Johnston grew up in Seattle and graduated from Franklin High School. She earned an undergraduate degree in International Studies from the University of Washington. During college, she studied abroad at Peking University in Beijing, as well as the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico. Danna worked in finance for many years at a major global bank, where she was involved in many of the organization's community outreach efforts – it is here where she found her true calling which was to give back to her community.

Yushi is originally from Beijing where she lived until she moved to the US for high school. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in business administration and has since worked in the financial operations division of a major insurance company. Yushi resides in Katy, TX and enjoys spending her free time traveling, exploring new restaurants and cooking new recipes.