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Ben was born in raised in Phoenix, Arizona in the suburb of Ahwatukee. He had the honor of attending Brophy College Predatory and participated in many activities like Crew and Tech Theatre. He then went on to college at Loyola University Chicago and got involved in athletics by becoming a Basketball Manager for the successful men’s team and was one of three lucky enough to be the school mascot LU Wolf! He finished with an Honors Advertising Degree and was a member and leader of his chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Not content with just getting an average job he set his sites to an adventure and the privilege of joining the United States Navy as an Officer. He is currently an Ensign in training to lead a ship one day as a Surface Warfare Officer. 

Lily Messing was a junior at The Gregory School in Tucson, Arizona, and is now attending Stanford University. She founded 100+ Teens Who Care during the height of the pandemic, a philanthropic giving circle comprised of over 200 teens from high schools throughout Southern Arizona.

Outside of the nonprofit she founded, Lily has taken leadership positions in several areas at The Gregory School. She is the president of multiple clubs –– Junior State of America, Junior Classical League, and French Club –– as well as the Managing Editor of her school newspaper, The Gregorian Chant. Lily is also an accomplished tennis player and captains the girl's varsity tennis team.