About Sofia
Sofia graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula in 2011 with two Bachelor's degrees: Music Education and Physics. In 2012, she accepted the position of Band Director in Roundup, MT, where she has been teaching band (grades 5-12) and guitar (high school). She's working on building up the band program and has so far created a Jazz Band at the high school level and is also starting a Junior Jazz Band and a Percussion Ensemble for the 5th-8th graders.In addition to loving teaching and getting kids excited about music, Sofia spends her free time (summers) sewing clothing, costumes, applique quilts, and various other things. Her during-the-school-year free time is usually spent playing video games or board games with friends near and far or reading some epic fantasy or sci-fi novels.
About Michael
Michael graduated from Montana State University in 2011 with a degree in Mathematics and Physics. He is currently working on a master's degree in math at MSU. His position includes teaching undergraduate courses, an assignment that has quite grown on him. Michael distracts himself with games of any stripe: board, tabletop, card, or video. Any remaining free time is spent deeply frowning.Our Story
Michael and Sofia met in Speech & Debate at Flathead High School; Sofia was the JV debate team mentor when Michael joined and debate remained their common touchstone throughout high school. All of Sofia's friends kept telling her to date him, but she was stubborn and rebellious and refused on principle for a long while, even though she thought Michael was a really awesome guy.Then, the summer she was to leave for college at UM, they went to the midnight screening of Star Wars: Episode III together. Lightsaber fights, a walk around downtown on a beautiful summer evening, epic movie music, holding hands in a darkened theater; everything was awesome and perfect. However, at the end of the summer, they broke up when she left for Missoula, because long-distance relationships are hard and make people crazy.
But the next year, Michael stopped in Missoula and told Sofia he loved her; they've been together ever since, in a mostly long-distance relationship that has tended to find an equilibrium at about 200 miles. It has been hard and made them crazy, but neither one could imagine life without the other.
Now, finally, their distance will zero out and they will embark on new adventures--in games and real life--together for the rest of their lives.
