Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN: A Memoir of Courage

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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"At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how old we are, we still all have that little child inside of us." Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, global explorer, activist, and founder of the non-profit Courageous Girls, joins Zibby to talk about her debut memoir, In the Shadow of the Mountain, which was recently optioned for film by Selena Gomez. The two discuss how Silvia got to a place where she could be so open about her experience with childhood sexual violence, as well as why she wants to break the stigma for others who have endured similar traumas. Silvia also shares what she plans to do on tour in her home country of Peru once the book is translated into Spanish.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.
0:07.8	Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:10.7	It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or
0:21.1	less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.3	and that is what we're going to do.
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0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
0:58.5	Thank you. at Zcassnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Sylvia Vasquez Levado is the author of In the Shadow of the Mountain, a Memoir of Courage,
1:04.3	which, by the way, I loved.
1:06.2	Sylvia is a humanitarian, mountaineer, explorer, social entrepreneur and technologist living in San
1:11.2	Francisco. In 2014, she launched Courageous Girls, a nonprofit that helps survivors of
1:17.0	sexual abuse and trafficking with opportunities to find inner strength and cultivate their voices
1:21.9	by demonstrating their physical strength. Courageous Girls has had projects in Nepal, India,
1:26.7	the United States, and Peru.
1:28.7	Vasquez Lovato was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the corporate heroes of 2015.
1:34.0	C-Net named her one of the 20 most influential Latinos in Silicon Valley.
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