Summary: Our hosts sat down with Shannon Galpin in a rare moment when she was back in Colorado and not traveling the globe! Shannon is an author, artist, global women’s rights activist, film producer, and a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. She spent a decade working on humanitarian projects in Afghanistan including creating the groundbreaking street-art project, Streets of Afghanistan. She is a producer on the feature documentary, Afghan Cycles and has published two books including her memoir, Mountain to Mountain. Shannon was awarded an honorary diploma by the International Olympic Committee for her work promoting women’s equality through sports, and is a Fellow of the Explorer’s Club. Above all else, Shannon is a mother, and she’s determined to raise her daughter to use her voice for those that don’t have one.
