Nicole LoBiondo is a writer and mountaineer who pursued the Seven Summits while serving as primary caregiver to her mother during a seven-year battle with ALS. That parallel journey became the foundation of her debut memoir, Where the Air Grows Thin, a lyrical meditation on love, loss, and the fragile line between endurance and surrender.

She has climbed some of the world’s highest peaks, including Vinson, Denali, and Aconcagua. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, Alpinist, and Outside. She is a graduate of Villanova University.