Follow the Rotary District 5470 GSE team as they travel through Alsace and Franche-Comte, France in 2011.

Margeaux Candlin grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2000 to attend the University of Colorado and earned her degree in sociology. In 2004, Margeaux moved to Aspen and returned to school to study. She is a Registered Nurse and works at Aspen Valley Hospital in the recovery room and at the emergency clinic on Snowmass Ski Resort. Margeaux is an avid outdoor enthusiast; she enjoys hiking, skiing, and jogging. Margeaux has recently acquired her registration as a Certified Yoga Instructor and teaches yoga once a week. Margeaux’s parents still live in Minneapolis, Minnesota and her sister lives in Brooklyn, New York. She sees them as often as possible.

David is a native of the Pikes Peak region and was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In high school, he was an active member of Rotary’s Interact Club. In 2003, David was selected as the recipient of the North Colorado Springs Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship. He received his bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in the spring of 2009. In 2010, David had the opportunity to teach Public Speaking at the same University where he received his degree.  Currently, David works in the telecommunications industry as a supervisor for T-Mobile’s technical support department.

Amy’s family was among the pioneers to settle western Colorado in the 1800s. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Smith College, and has spent twenty years working for nongovernmental organizations and local governments in Montrose. She currently is the development director for the Montrose Regional Library District, where she raised $800,000 to build the Naturita Community Library, chosen as the 2011 Best Small Library in America. She joined the Montrose Rotary Club in 2006, and is Secretary and Literacy Committee Chair. Amy has two sons, Aidan (14) and Liam (11), and enjoys hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, reading, and Scrabble.

Amy meets Rotary International President Elect Kalyan Banerjee