Lander Hiott grew up in a small town in the mountains called Pickens in South Carolina. His great grand father, grand father and father owned a printing company. Lander always had a keen interest in state politics, primarily because of his father, Rep. David Hiott.

Ashley Perkinson grew up in a small town Archdale, North Carolina. A family of four, Ashley was interested in Arts, primarily in music and not so much in politics. Ashley pursued music with Clarinet during her freshman year but got to a point where she decided music would be more of a hobby than a profession.

Mr. Roger Tellinghuisen was born in Eastern South Dakota. He is the oldest of 4 kids with 3 younger sisters. Mr. Roger moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he was 10 years old because of his dad's job as an Insurance salesman.

Lauren Pollow grew up outside of Albany, New York. Having two elder brothers, Lauren was a skilled arguer so was a natural in debates in her high school. Lauren's first foray into politics was during President Bush's elections.

Cady Thomas grew up in Edenton North Carolina for 17 years. She was the only child, grew up with a lot of friends and had the quintessential town life. Her family was involved in politics, but she was always interested in policy than politics.

Representative Terry England was the only child, born and raised in Georgia. He grew up on a farm, his father, grand father, great grand father were all carpenters. Rep. England was fascinated by politics since childhood.

Brian Flynn was the only child, born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. Brian was a political nerd right from childhood who loved current events. After graduating from high school, he wanted to have discipline and structure.

Kristen Casimir grew up in Lowell Massachusetts where she attended high school. She went to college for Liberal Arts in Southern New Hampshire University for about a year and then transferred out to Atlanta, Georgia where she got her bachelor's in public policy.

Chris Emanuel was hired as an airline pilot at prime age of 21. He served with US airways for 38.5 years where he flew different types of aircrafts, worked as a manager in the training command to train pilots.

Crystal Feldman, a North Carolina native, grew up in Durham. She loved playing soccer and was also a part of National Honors society. During high school, she wanted to experience the city culture so she visited Georgetown in DC and fell in love with the city.

Born in Concord, NC, Tom Fetzer was always into sports. The reason? His father was a football coach and his mother coached girls tennis. Tom lived in Chapel Hill until 6years old and then moved to Raleigh. As a youngster, he loved to read and write.

John was born in Charleston, South Carolina but spent his childhood in Alabama where he loved being outdoors, swimming and fishing. Coming from a family with a history of serving others, he believed in service and served as the student body secretary in high school.

Tami Fitzgerald was born in Texas. She was very active in student government during her school years. Her mother inspired her to be in politics which led her to pick political science in Oklahoma State University.

Zach Johnson grew up in South Dakota before he moved to Georgia when he was 14. Loved playing baseball while also working different kinds of jobs in high school. Started out with a business degree in Georgia Military College and he loved the structure and discipline the college offered.

Kenny Hastie is a native of Columbia South Carolina but was born in Augusta, Georgia. During childhood, his dad was in the army and they moved around every 3 years. His dad joined the law school as a second career right when Kenny was going into high school in Columbia, South Carolina.

Paul Mott, a resident of North Carolina, is a grass roots specialist from NC Electric Cooperatives. He received a Bachelors in political science from NC State.

Leanne Winner is the director of NC School Boards Association but when she was growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, she had very little inclination towards education.

Bob Kaylor grew up in Wilmington with no interest in politics. He was always passionate about sports and fascinated about history.

Jillian Totman grew up on the east coast of North Carolina. She was very active in student government and thoroughly enjoyed advocating for fellow class mates.

My next guest is Lisa Martin from Capitol Advantage Associates. Now a resident of North Carolina, Lisa grew up in Colorado and earned her Degrees in Natural Resource management and Urban planning. Her first stint was as a planner in Virginia.