In my high school senior yearbook, I predicted my future with a Monty Python quote: “And now for something completely different.” Since growing up in D.C., I’ve lived in Ohio, Colorado, and Utah. I’ve broken my foot in Bolivia and gotten lost in Indonesia. I’ve worked as a waitress at a dude ranch and sipped coffee at the Turkish Ministry of Forestry.
After a few years working at a sustainability-focused nonprofit, I co-authored a guide for teens whose parents have cancer, worked as the editor of a food magazine, led storytelling in the outdoor industry, and taught writing to Pakistani graduate students at the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water.
As a freelance writer, I’ve told stories of ice climbing, the snow-packed Run Through Time marathon, former CO Governor John Hickenlooper’s brewing history, and why my spirituality is inspired by Carl Sagan.
Today, I live just outside the Uinta Mountains in Kamas, Utah with my family. I’m the editor-in-chief at Climbing Magazine and I write Moon Travel Guides to Utah and Utah’s national parks.
MAYA SILVER 
Hi Maya, my name is s h e r i e. I now live in Sugarhouse I just read your article beyond a shadow of a drought. What a beautiful article you’ve written here. I’m 80. Been around a few. Spend a lot of time in southern Utah hiking and backpacking getting lost. Your article touched a soft spot with me. Thank you for sharing your heart. I hear that a lot of alfalfa we produce in our state ends up in China. What a shame. Perhaps it takes Someone Like You to stand up for us. I hope so. Good luck. Sherie