Martine from NYC

I’m a native New Yorker focused on becoming an eternal nomad, one trip at a time. This is my first international habitat trip although I did do a Habitat build in the states back in college for spring break one year. I make an annual pilgrimage to Central America but somehow never made it down to South America, so I am looking forward to this trip. It should be fun getting my hands dirty—and playing with power tools.

I herd cats for a living—OK, not really but it is an apt way to describe my time in the ad world, think modern day Mad Men (and Women). When I’m not working crazy hours I can usually be found watching hours of sports center that is if I’m not out playing touch rugby or Capoeira.

Betti Krapfl, Volunteer

Hello Team!
I am Betti, and live in the metro Denver area in Greenwood Village, CO, but I’m
originally from North Carolina and went to UNC in Chapel Hill for my Physical Therapy degree. Yes! I am a Tar Heel!
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, 1965-67 where I met Roger and am still married to the old goat!
We have two adult children: Heidi, who lives with her husband Erik in Santa Fe; Zach, who lives with his wife, Robyn in Paonia, CO—western CO.
I worked for many years as a Physical Therapist on a rehab team treating people with spinal cord injuries, some with traumatic brain injury. Loved it! Now, I teach in a Doctoral Physical Therapy program at the University of Colorado Medical School on our new campus. I love it as well!
Passions:
Friends, my family, running, IHN of Greater Denver (housing and caring for recently homeless families), March Madness, my small Lutheran church, our Siberian Husky, Nanook, desserts, oh, and did I mention running?? Teaching, mentoring current and prospective doctoral students.
I am a vegetarian. Should be interesting challenge from what I remember about Bolivian food. So eager to go back to Bolivia! And very excited about meeting all of you. Some of you I know already. We will be the BEST team ever!!

Jeff Moxley, Volunteer

I'm Jeff and this will be my second Habitat trip, but my first time in South America. I'm a FedEx courier, singer and bad at writing bios. I'm currently in school trying to become an EMT. Hopefully, by the time we all meet I will have been an EMT for a few months. I'm bad with computers and all forms of technology, but that shouldn't be an issue in Bolivia. Recently married to Trish and looking forward to our honeymoon in Bolivia. See you all soon.

Trish Moxley, Volunteer

Hi, My name is Tricia Moxley. I grew up both in NJ in the winter and on my grandparent's farm in upstate NY every summer. A bit of a tomboy and a goofball, I firmly believe life is too short and so I try to make the most of any situation. I love helping people, making people laugh, solving puzzles, a good story, music, and trying my hand at photography. I even have a career in solving puzzles in my job as a Project Manager/Technical Consultant at a prescription management company. Jeff and I have built a crooked house, have three cats and one dog and are spending our honeymoon on this build in Bolivia.

Mary Dee

I’m a Born-and-Bred Okie who left Oklahoma after graduating from college, lived in various places in the Midwest, on the East Coast and in Northern California before moving back to Oklahoma in February 2011. I graduated from OSU with a degree in Music Education, taught school for a few years, and then spent 35 years in various arenas of the hospitality industry. I worked as a waitress, bartender, hostess and office manager, then my ex-husband and I purchased a restaurant on the Jersey Shore which we also operated and managed “hands on” while living above “the store.” In the late 90’s, I migrated to California Wine Country – first Sonoma County, then Napa Valley. I worked for various wineries, then for an olive oil producer before “coming home” to Oklahoma. Now I volunteer at an equestrian therapy center, at a community project preparing and serving dinner to those in need once a week and I sing in a church choir. I also enjoy working out, gardening, cooking, antiquing, decorating, travelling and spending time with my dog Molly. My first experience with HFH was in Papua New Guinea, followed by builds in Argentina and China. HFH Bolivia is my fourth project with Global Village, but it won’t be my last!