Brian A. Facemire has over fourteen years' experience as an international program leader of experiential study opportunities all over the world, from Yellowstone National Park to Borneo, as well as teaching government, world history, and politics. Brian has a master's degree in secondary history education from Old Dominion University and is currently working towards a second master's in classical archaeology at the University of Leicester. Brian has been selected for Teacher of Year as well as the Above and Beyond the Call awards and is a National Geographic Educator. Over the course of his career he has endeavored to instill a sense of adventure and travel in his students as a primary method to destroy ignorance. Brian formerly served on the executive board of the Virginia Gentlemen Foundation before being appointed by the Virginia Beach City Council to the Historical Review Board and is the proprietor of ExperientialStudy.com, LLC.