Giana Gallardo Hesterberg is a native RGV (Brownsville) mom.  After graduating from Central College in Pella, Iowa (2004) with a degree in Elementary Education, and residing in the midwest for 7 years, she returned to her roots and married her love.  Happily married for 8 years (to Beau), with 3 children (Jack-5, Cecily-3, and Felicity-1) and 1 dog (Hershey, a Chocolate Lab), she is currently living the dream.  She is a teacher for VIPKID, a company that trains American teachers to teach ESL to Chinese students online.  In her spare time, she enjoys blogging, gardening, baking, traveling, and dancing to 80’s music whenever and wherever it’s played!