Through various activities and efforts, these women are preserving the heritage, music or lifeways of the mountains, or they’re conquering mountains through adventure.
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Selena Lauterer
Selena Lauterer, president of Artemis Independent and co-founder of Hogwild Films, has plenty of experience with misconceptions about her Appalachian roots. There was a time when she wanted to distance herself from them, even forget them. But due to her work and life in Boone, she’s now embracing them wholeheartedly.
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Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
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