Sunny is a record-setting adventure athlete; an esteemed photographer and a vocal advocate for women’s empowerment. Sunny holds a BA and an MBA from Harvard University and worked in consulting until 2015, when she quit her corporate job, moved into her van, and began trail running and rock climbing full-time. Sunny holds the fastest known times on the Anapurna circuit; in the Colorado Rockies, and on Mount Aconcagua, which is the highest mountain outside of Asia. Her outdoor photography has been featured in National Geographic, Trailrunner Magazine, Outside Online, and Forbes. The founder of AWE expeditions and the Summit Scholarship, Sunny leads all-women’s mountaineering trips and works to empower women from all walks of life with the opportunity of mountaineering.

Discussed in this episode:

• Sunny’s life change: “This Harvard MBA Quit Bain To Embrace #VanLife,” Poets and Quants
• “A Woman on a Mission to Integrate the Boys Club of Action Sports,” NBC News
• AWE Expeditions
• The Summit Scholarship
• Sunny’s Fastest Known Times
• Dreamland Safari Tours

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• Website
• Instagram @sstroeer @awexpeditions

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Quote: “Sport enables us to focus on a really tangible outcome that involves pushing both our physical and mental limits and going beyond what we think is possible…that enables us to have a much bigger conversation about doing exactly the same thing on the social change side.”