Alyssa Pierson
Alyssa Pierson married to Matthew in 2014, graduated from Brookdale Community College in 2015 with a degree in arts, focused in photography. Her hometown is Blacksburg, Virginia but is previously from Howell, New Jersey. A few of her interests or hobbies include caring for animals, baking, and drawing.

Desiré Pierson
Desiré is married to Tony; Mom to Matt, Nick and Samantha and their spouses; and Grandy to four grandkids. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in civil engineering. She enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family.

Emily Pierson
Emily graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016 with degrees in Biology and Theatre, then completed her Master's at RUC in 2021 to become a Physician Assistant; she works at a Family Medicine office here in Blacksburg. She and Nick got married in 2016 and live in Christiansburg with their sons, Finn and Wesley. She loves Disney, musicals, trivia, weight training, yoga, baking, coffee, and getting little sweet treats with friends.

Matt Pierson
Matt Pierson graduated from Virginia Tech in 2014 with a degree in geography. His hometown is Blacksburg, Virginia but is previously from Freehold, New Jersey. Matt married Alyssa Pierson in 2014. A few of his interests or hobbies include computer programming, board games, and reading.

Angie Smith
Angie is a graduate of Towson University and spent most of her life as a Navy dependent living in many different states and countries. She loves baking, feeding a crowd, traveling and hosting guests at the farm. Angie and Mike have been married since 1988 and are absolutely loving being grandparents.

Mike Smith
Mike is a retired Navy Master Chief having served for 30 years with P-3s, jets and onboard aircraft carriers. He keeps busy now hunting, fishing, and tending to a large garden and a variety of animals on a small farm in Riner. He is a very proud father and grandfather (Poppop).

Jordan Thomas
Jordan Thomas is majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. His hometown is Richmond, Virginia. My favorite activities are playing my cello, karting, scenic drives, seeing sunsets/sunrises, and spending time with my loved ones.