Sophia Danenberg | |
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Born | Sophia Marie Scott 1972 Okinawa, Japan |
Other names | Sophia Marie Scott |
Education | Harvard University: Environmental Sciences and Public Policy |
Employer | The Boeing Company |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) is an American mountain climber best known as the first African American and first black woman to climb Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Danenberg is active in local and national politics and serves as a Washington State Park Commissioner. She is biracial, with her mother Japanese and her father black.