Applications open Fall 2026. Pilot cohort: 3–5 guides. Future cycles to be determined.W I L D E R N E S S P A T H F I N D E R C O N N E C T I O N S
Women Veterans
Becoming
Wilderness Guides.
We remove barriers to training, mentorship, and leadership development
in nature-based rites of passage work.
Too Many Women Veterans Are Left Without Support to Lead.
Women veterans carry deep leadership, resilience, and lived experience. Yet when seeking training in wilderness guiding and rites of passage work, they often encounter financial, structural, and access barriers.
We exist to remove those barriers.
what we do
Mentorship
Structured mentor relationships connecting experienced guides with women veterans.
Be Part of This Work.
This work is sustained by people who believe in it.
Your support isn’t symbolic.
It directly funds the programs, the people, and the impact.
Training scholarships
Travel to wilderness intensives
Mentor support infrastructure
Resource development
When you give, you’re not watching from the outside.
You are helping move this forward.
Monthly support sustains long-term leadership pathways.
A Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Registered 501(c)(3)
EIN: 33-3471172
Founded 2025
Board-Governed Nonprofit Organization
Board of Directors: Debbee Margalio-Lynn, PhD
Shari Franey
Maria De Jesus Gomez
Support Women Veterans Leading in the Wilderness
Commitment to transparency, governance, and ethical development.