Favia is a 30 year old Pathologist living in New Mexico, she is a keen climber and has been a competitor on American Ninja Warrior! During this podcast Favia shares more about her life, growing up with a single mum, going to Harvard University, deciding to go to medical school and what it was like being diagnosed with cancer. Favia, shares more about the challenges she faced and overcame and why climbing is such an important part of her life. Favia gives practical advice and

I have climbed since around 2008. I started working as an instructor in 2010 after doing a massive career change. I worked at an indoor wall for 5 years and got to climb for free. Sounds great right? It was. I met tons of people, I made so many friends, my climbing improved as I was there climbing around 3 – 4 times a week and I learnt a ton about the industry. Pretty quickly I started climbing outside (mainly bouldering, with a little bit of sport) and again had an absolute