Sara Safari - Aiming to be the first Iranian to climb the Seven Summits (only Mt. Everest to go!) and trekking 335 miles across the largest ice cap in the world, Greenland.

<div>Sara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, Electrical Engineer and advocate for women empowerment. </div> <div> </div> <div>Sara was born in Iran and moved to the USA in 2002 to continue her education in electrical engineering. While teaching at California State University Fullerton, Sara met the founder of the Empower Nepali Girls foundation. She decided to climb Mt. Everest to raise funds and awareness for the girls who become victims of human trafficking or are forced into early marriage. She is now a board member and director of development of Empower Nepali Girls and she dedicated her book “Follow My Footsteps” to this organisation.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sara will be the first Iranian in history to climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks in each continent.</div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>The tough girl podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out <a href="http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1598659438339000&usg=AFQjCNGyGNsJLm2G5tyA24yZjGMQBrDJUQ">www.patreon.com/<wbr />toughgirlpodcast</a>.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Show notes</strong></div> <ul> <li>Just another Everest climber!</li> <li>Born in Iran and moved to the USA at age 20</li> <li>Living in California</li> <li>Being very grateful to her parents for their sacrifices </li> <li>Studying electrical engineering </li> <li>Wanting to raise money for the Empower Nepali Girls foundation</li> <li>Starting from zero</li> <li>Getting outside her comfort zone</li> <li>Being a shy person</li> <li>Asking strangers for money</li> <li>Climbing Everest - April 2015</li> <li>Meeting the girls