Maggie Byrne completed Fuego y Agua,a rigorous ultramarathon in a scenic Nicaragua, overlooking tropical birds and howler monkeys.  Byrne finished the race in nine hours and 33 minutes, coming in 10th position among the women. “It felt a level of energy I never imagined possible,” she said. A cross-country runner at Illinois Wesleyan University, Byrne from Chicago, graduated summa cum laude with an educational study major with a double minor in English and Spanish. She is now a Peace Corps volunteer and works as an environmental educator in Nicaragua.

Byrne teaching 6th grade students

 Byrne with an eco-stove she built