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Shilletha Curtis

Shilletha was born in Newark, New Jersey and gained her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Rutgers University in 2014. She plans to be the second black woman to conquer the Triple Crown. Shilletha’s work has been published by The Trek, Garage Grown Gear, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Her writing focuses on diversity and inequality in the outdoors.

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