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Shannon Galpin

Biography

Shannon Galpin

SHANNON GALPIN is the founder and president of Mountain2Mountain, a nonprofit organization focused on helping women and children in Afghanistan. Her humanitarian efforts have been profiled on "Dateline NBC", The New York Times, Outside Magazine, National Geographic Explorer, USA Today , "CNN", MountainFlyer Magazine, and Women's Adventure Magazine. Visit her Web site at shannongalpin.com.

Shannon Galpin

Books by Shannon Galpin

Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan
by Shannon Galpin - Autobiography, Inspirational, Nonfiction, Travel

Being inspired to act can take many forms. For Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn country of Afghanistan, Galpin and her organization, Mountain2Mountain, have touched the lives of hundreds of men, women and children. Galpin describes her first forays into fundraising, her deep desire to help women and girls halfway across the world, her love for adventure and sports, and her own inspiration to be so much more than just another rape victim.