My story begins in Northeast Georgia with my family, where I was born in Gainesville, just north of Atlanta (yes, I’m a UGA fan- go dawgs!). A short few years into my life, my family relocated to my grandparents’ summer farm in the village of Cashiers, North Carolina. I’ve called Cashiers my home now for nearly twenty years, and I can honestly say there is no place in this world I’d rather be!