Tough Girl Podcast

Patti Shales Lefkos is a Canadian writer and journalist. Her Himalayan adventure travel memoir Nepal One Day at a Time celebrates her creative non-fiction debut.   Nepal One Day at a Time is the story of her first trekking trip on her own.   Born and raised in Toronto, she has also lived in Neuchatel, Switzerland and Vancouver.    Following a rewarding career as a teacher, educational consultant, administrator and advocate for inner city children, Patti studied journalism at Langara University. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Toronto Teachers’ College, Simon Fraser University and the Wilderness Leadership Program at Capilano College.   In 2006 she set out to pursue international adventure travel.    Whether canoeing the Yukon River, backcountry skiing in BC’s Monashee Mountains, hiking in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides or trekking in Tibet and Nepal, she embraces the culture and environment of wilderness areas.    When not travelling, she skis downhill, nordic and backcountry from her home base at