Born in Hoxie Hospital on December 18, 1976, Brian has since lived in seven different towns throughout Kansas. Brian started cooking when he was about 5 years old making pancakes with his father. Brian was interested in cooking at a young age and his family encouraged him greatly. Brian's Grandmother Tasset would save him about every Good Housekeeping recipe she could find and his Grandmother Strecker had ten sons, so the family reunions were fairly large. Food preparations took up most of Grandmother Strecker's time so I helped when I could.

When Brian turned 21, he made up his mind to attend The Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona. Brian completed the program and received his Associates Degree in Hotel/Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts and Sciences. Brian has been a Sous Chef for the PB&J Corporate and Pachamama's.

A native of the northwest, Sarah grew up the daughter of a small town veterinarian in Enterprise, Oregon. Sarah earned her Bachelor's degree with high honors in 2002 and subsequently entered the field of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery at the renowned Petroff Center. As an assistant manager, Sarah contributed greatly to the success of the center with her great rapport with clients, valuable collaboration with center staff and surgeons, and her instrumental oversight of daily operations.

Sarah moved from Portland, OR to Lawrence in the summer of 2007 and immediately joined Pachamama's. Due in large part to her innate leadership skills and impeccable attention to detail, Sarah was added to the management team in 2008. Her expertise with clients from all walks of life and her keen awareness of restaurant operations and goals are a great compliment to Pachamama's.

Born in California, Dana moved with her family to Overland Park, Kansas in 1989 and remained there until graduating from high school in 1997. Shortly after graduation, she moved back to San Francisco to re-establish her California roots. While living in San Francisco and working at the Slanted Door restaurant, Dana gained an appreciation for the aesthetics of fine dining and grew a passion for the culinary arts.

She moved to San Diego in 1999, and graduated from the California Culinary Academy in La Mesa, California in 2000. Dana worked in the kitchen at The Prado restaurant and Aubergine in San Diego before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. She took a position as the Restaurant Manager at the Loews Beverly Hills Hotel. After a year, Dana moved back to Overland Park to be near her family, and enrolled in a Business Management program at Baker University.

She also attained the Assistant General Manager position at Yia Yia’s Eurobistro. In 2005, Dana moved to Lawrence after accepting the Sous Chef position with Krause Dining. She is now happy to be a part of the Pachamama's Management team.

Teresa Heustis was born in Glendale, California on January 25, 1988 . Since then, she has moved all over the west coast and middle region of the United States. May of this year she moved to Lawrence with her husband from San Francisco to not only further her career in the culinary profession, but also to start a family.

Since birth she has loved the culinary world, starting with expertly designed mud pies dried on the kitchen ledge to fine French pastries and plated desserts. At the age of 17 she attended the California Culinary Academy specializing in baking and pastry. After which, worked in a San Francisco bakery for six months, a Portland chocolate shop, and recently spent a year working at Aqua restaurant in San Francisco.

Her specialty dessert is a tartlet filled with a luxurious pastry cream and topped with spiced apples. It is her dream and passion to create delightful pastries, which Pachamamas has realized and supported with this summers dessert menu and the upcoming winter dessert menu.

Roy was born in Lyons, Kansas, where he lived and grew up. He moved to Lawrence to study Journalism at KU. While attending school, he helped open Pachamama's in November of 1996. He worked as a server for one year and was quickly promoted to Manager. After managing for three years, he left the restaurant to pursue other interests.

He returned to Pachamama's in October of 2003 where he met and later married his wife Ann Lopez. They had a beautiful reception all of which took place at the restaurant with close friends and family around to celebrate. He started his own pet sitting business called Happy Paws. He was once again approached to help manage the restaurant and gladly accepted. He currently manages Pachamama's while continuing to run his pet sitting business as well.