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Registration
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Keynote Conversation at Saranac Lake High School (Kickass Writers Festival)
08/20/2022 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM ET
Admission
$10.00
Location
Saranac Lake Central High School
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Room Number:
79 Canaras Avenue
Summary
On Saturday, 8/20 ACW will present memoirist, feminist, and humanitarian, SILVIA VASQUEZ-LAVADO, the first Peruvian woman to climb Mt. Everest, and the first openly gay woman to climb The Seven Summits (the highest mountains on each of the 7 continents). Her debut memoir, In the Shadow of the Mountain tells the story of how an early life of abuse and addiction led her to discover hiking as a method of healing. These pursuits transformed her life and empowered her to not only climb the world’s most challenging summits, but also to found the non-profit, Courageous Girls “...dedicated to healing and empowering survivors of violence and abuse through adventures in nature.” Her memoir is currently being adapted into a major motion picture starring Selena Gomez.