More About Me

Claire Lewinski is a community organizer and writer. She grew up in the wild, exploring the backcountry of Idaho and studied chemical engineering at Montana State University.

After a series of traumatic concussions completely altered the course of her life, she found herself walking the length of New Zealand’s South Island in the name of recovery. Then she wrote a book about it - I Need a Walk: To Clear My Mind.

She continues to live in Whangarei, New Zealand painting and coaching women’s jiu jitsu. In her free time, she is in the mountains.