Esther (aka Ebby) grew up in Palatine, Illinois and then went to college at UIowa before deciding to join Cascade for her first season of life beyond the Midwest. She’s always loved the water and spent her summers swimming and surfing in Spain during her youth. In her free time she loves to sew, bike, climb, listen to CDs, and try new things like playing guitar. In the next couple years she hopes to get a doggie and a van and roam around to see all the beauty and terrain the Midwest (almost) never had! Her favorite place she’s been to so far is Teddy Cove in Bellingham, Washington, when bioluminescence was happening. Finally, if she could be any animal, she’d be a loon.