Global women’s rights activist, author, artist, explorer, and advocate for sexual assault survivors

First person to mountain bike in Afghanistan

Supported and trained the first Afghan Women’s National Cycling Team, resulting in a Nobel Peace Prize nomination

Advocate for Deaf Community in Afghanistan – helped establish a school for the Deaf in Kabul

Founder of women’s rights non-profit Mountain2Mountain, art-as-activism group Combat Apathy, and co-founder of the wildlife conservation organization Endangered Activism

Author of Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistanand a photography book, The Streets of Afghanistan; co-author (with daughter Devon) of a children’s graphic novel, The Rosette

Documentary Filmmaker: Afghan Cycles

Films made about her: MoveShake; Waking Lions; Liv Ambassador

A recognized Fellow with the Explorers Club

Sexual assault survivor and two-time traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor