Carrie lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. Her interests steered
her to the Internet where she has spent a lot of time researching
and exploring the depths of web design. She is currently working as
a Web Designer. The chance to create theArgonauts website has proven
to be her proudest accomplishment. Her passions include art, traveling,
photography, talking with friends and doing/exploring new things.
She's spent time in Europe, studying art in France, Italy and England.
Her interests seem to meld together in The Argonauts where she feels
it's her opportunity to bring people closer together and to learn
from other people's experiences.
Scott Stoll
Summer of 1997 was a turning point in Scott's life. This is when
he rode his bicycle across the USA, from coast to coast, in a coming-of-age
quest. (Dennis and Scott became instant friends when they crossed
paths on their bicycles in The Grand Tetons.) "As a result of my
journey, I created The Argonauts, Inc. so that I could support others
in their quests and so that everyone would have the chance to share
their dreams and discoveries."
Scott is schooled in the fine arts, creative writing and has a
degree in graphic design from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Scott spends his days on the final touches of his soon-to-be-published
book, and bicycling the hills of San Francisco, training for his
2001 bicycle trip around the world!
Dennis Snader
Dennis Snader has many loves. His pets,
music, family, intelligent conversation, and a good beer. His priority
in life is the people that he loves, an eclectic mix of friends that
grows as life unfolds. But at the age of 30, Dennis found he was living
an unfulfilling life. Common culture had convinced him that material
goods would lead to satisfaction. This turned out to be an empty promise.
So Dennis decided to do something fulfilling. He rode his bike across
North America. Through this amazing experience, he vowed to be happy,
a promise that generated and continues to generate many exciting opportunities.
Heading the business development for The Argonauts is one of them.
For Dennis, The Argonauts serves in uniting the souls of those who
are searching for fulfillment in life by exploring the unknown. And
in that vein, Dennis will bike around the world in 2001. "I do not
consider myself an educated person," he says, "until I have experienced
the world in which I live." To the future!
Cathleen Karlsson
I have never considered myself adventurous. Not in the mountain-climbing,
bike-riding, wandering-around-the-globe sense, anyway. Although
I have lived in places throughout the US and am well-traveled to
destinations outside the States -- and, therefore, have experienced
much of the country and some of the world -- many more journeys
I have taken have been in my mind. Some people say I think too much...
but I like my daydreams, imagining places and things and people
and events as they may (or may not) be. This is, for the most part,
enough of an adventure for me. That's not to say that I don't love
to physically transport myself to the places I dream about, but
I am equally content to have the ability to travel within my mind.
Professionally, I also follow many dreams. I am an advertising
editor, have a small wedding gifts, accessories and apparel business,
and I love interior decorating, writing romantic fiction and poetry,
and dancing to my favorite music. My pursuits -- as well as my dreams
-- are rather eclectic in all aspects of my life. And, in this regard,
I encourage everyone not only to follow their dreams and their hearts...
but to find adventure in the smallest aspects of their lives. That's
where the truth of who you are lives.
Contributors:
Brook E. Mantia Space Tourism Columnist
Brook E. Mantia has been involved in space
activism for over 20 years. She currently serves as Advocate Coordinator
for the Space Frontier Foundation, and as president of the Golden
Gate Space Frontier Society, a chapter of the National Space Society.
She is also a member of the Planetary Society and the Space Tourism
Society. Mrs. Mantia also works as an executive assistant at Commerce
One, an e-commerce company based in Silicon Valley. She lives with
her husband Vince in Fremont, California, and plans to live on Mars
some day.
Elz Cuya
A San Francisco native, Elz has been writing
all her life. She wrote for the Los Medanos College Experience,
and founded the PARA sa 'Yo Newsletter for Pittsburg's Pilipino
community. Her works include a collection of sonnets and a musical
entitled Isa, which she and her best friend produced while
attending U.C. Berkeley. Aside from writing for theArgonauts.com,
Elz is also the Programming Coordinator for KCBS radio, and has a
business in financial planning. Her greatest joys include dancing,
captivating pre-movie conversation, Mom's cooking and playing a mean
air guitar to the Dave Matthews Band. In September, Elz will be taking
Tango lessons in Paris, her first official trip as an Argonaut. Watch
for the story. Until then, Elz will continue working on her first
novel, The Way to Meaningless Kissing, but admits it hasn't
been easy. "My writing is drawn from experience. Right now I'm getting
a lot of 'meaningless,' but very little 'kissing.'"
Jen Dalton
Jen Dalton is a backyard adventurer and
writer currently in transition from San Francisco to San Anselmo.
She thrives on love, friends and travel. Her next scheduled trip is
to Vietnam this August to work on a documentary. You can find her
practicing her speed and form on her little Bianci (named Poppy Junior)
on the streets of San Francisco and random trails on Mt.Tamalpais.
Erik
Welke
According to Erik Welke, he has been an
intrepid adventure traveler since the age of 5, when he climbed onto
his sister's bicycle, left his family home in Palo Alto without telling
a soul and promptly became lost. Now, at age 33, he is constantly
exploring the world, except during the 48 weeks per year when he works
8 to 5 as an analyst of sorts for a global investment firm. Not yet
possessing the nerve to drop his material world accoutrements, Erik
is content to slowly-but-steadily work down his "List of Places I
Must Go". He gets shivers just thinking about Southeast Asia and plans
to return soon, this time to Indonesia. Erik currently lives with
his wife and daughter in San Francisco.
Rowena Marzan
Rowena was born in the Philippines and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She moved to San Francisco in 1992 to attend the architectural school at California College of Arts and Crafts and, currently, works as an architectural designer.
Rowena has a lot of passions, including: learning how to cook different cultural dishes, exploring the thousands of restaurants in San Francisco, appreciating and creating beautiful art, and trekking through scenic Northern California in her running shoes. This year her goal is to run the Chicago Marathon. Rowena speaks about why she’s part of The Argonauts, “I believe bringing people together and inspiring them to explore the world, or even their own backyards, can brighten people’s hearts.”
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