Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
“It feels like I’m not alone anymore,” says Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala.
It has taken hard work and community building to create spaces that feel safe and empowering for women of color in the climbing world. It means allowing women of color to experience the outdoors on their own terms, with leaders they can see themselves in. With more organizations creating these spaces, Monserrat feels hopeful about the future.
“It feels like I’m not alone anymore,” says Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala.
It has taken hard work and community building to create spaces that feel safe and empowering for women of color in the climbing world. It means allowing women of color to experience the outdoors on their own terms, with leaders they can see themselves in. With more organizations creating these spaces, Monserrat feels hopeful about the future.
