Phoebe Pilaro lives in Ketchum, Idaho with her two teenage sons and her fiancé, Justin.  Originally from Santa Cruz, California, she was born on a “commune” deep in the redwood forest.  When she was five, her parents divorced, and she and her mom moved around quite a bit, always living with other moms and kids.  After going down the path of too much partying and dropping out of 10th grade, she had an epiphany and decided she wanted to change her life and go to college.  She was able to do what it took to get accepted and find grants and scholarships to UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 1994.  The summer before college, she went on a 30-day mountaineering course with Outward Bound, and decided on that trip that someday she wanted to be an Outward Bound instructor.  So during college she also developed the skills in order to apply.  She worked as an instructor for Outward Bound in the Sierra’s throughout her 20’s and that’s where she met Chris Pilaro, her first husband and father of her children.  Meanwhile another passion of hers was yoga, so from 2000-2002 she completed a two-year yoga teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco.  When she and Chris moved to Idaho in 2002, Phoebe began teaching yoga and doing ceramics and selling at art fairs.  Sadly, Chris passed away after a 5-year battle with cancer in 2017.  She continues to enjoy teaching yoga and doing ceramics, as well as being a parent, enjoying her partner Justin, and skiing and hiking in the mountains.