Philip and Julie Steiner live in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Philip holds a BA from Toccoa Falls College in Cross-Cultural Studies: TESOL, and an MBA in International Economic Development from Eastern University. Julie holds a BS in Cross-Cultural Studies from Toccoa Falls College, and an MA in Sociology from Sam Houston State University. She is also a licensed Community Health Worker. The Steiners have spent much of their career in China, focusing on several different aspects of community development. They have conducted health education, contributed to disaster relief and recovery, and participated with Plateau Perspectives in the implementation of a long-term community co-management conservation project with herder communities in the Yangtze headwaters. Most recently, they worked in the tourism sector in Tibetan areas of China, helping develop local businesses and opening their own tourism and hospitality services company. Philip is an avid birder and in his spare time is working to survey previously unbirded locations in Tajikistan.