Maddie Melton, Writer
Maddie is a Master’s student in the Environmental Humanities. They grew up in Virginia but (literally) stumbled into their love of the outdoors in college in South Africa when a bad ankle injury took them out to the trails for rehabilitation. After graduating, they returned to the United States and have since thru-hiked the Pacific Crest, Colorado, and Arizona Trails. They are also a professional scuba diver and are becoming increasingly interested in trying to understand western landscapes and environmental issues from under the water. An avid reader and long-time nomad, they are most often found with a backpack, a book, and takeaway dumplings on a train going somewhere.
