Sophia Danenberg

Sophia Danenberg
Born
Sophia Marie Scott

1972
Okinawa, Japan
Other namesSophia Marie Scott
EducationHarvard University: Environmental Sciences and Public Policy
EmployerThe Boeing Company
Political partyDemocratic 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.