Andrea was born in Brisbane, Australia. She lived in three Australian states before she ventured overseas to become an Expat Woman in 2000, leaving Australia’s clean air to follow her husband to Jakarta, Indonesia, for three years. They then moved to the similarly robust Mexico City, Mexico, where they lived for four years, with their two young children.  Andrea recently returned to Australia, where she plans to spend a few years close to family and the nearby beach, before venturing overseas again.

Andrea’s professional background includes coordinating large national networks in two of Australia’s largest government departments, plus work as an Executive Headhunter in an international consulting firm in Indonesia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, Australia, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Electronic Commerce from La Trobe University, Australia.

Jill was born in Pasadena, California. At the age of 5 her family was transferred to London, England for two and half years. She then returned to California where she finished high school and university, spending a semester abroad at Oxford University. Her first job was for a San Francisco based computer software company in their International Operations division. It was while she was working on a project in Europe she met her French husband. After nine years of living and working in the city of lights, her husband’s company transferred him to Mexico. After living there for more than five years, Jill (who recently divorced) is moving back to sunny California.

Her professional background includes: coordinating the creation of a European headquarters for an international database company; marketing various software products and services for an international software company; developing a web product for a European e-learning company and running business development for a Mexican IT Outsourcing company. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from University of the Pacific in California, USA.