Denisa Krásná is a doctoral candidate at the department of English and American Studies at Masaryk University, specializing in Critical Animal Studies, Ecofeminism, and Indigenous studies. She has received awards to conduct research at universities in Mexico, Spain, Canada, and Hawaii and worked as a research assistant in a law firm based in Bellingham, WA, specializing in Indigenous cross-border rights. Currently, she is developing a research project on decolonial outdoor counternarratives funded by Masaryk University which she hopes to publish as a book. She has published papers in prestigious international journals and essay collections and presented at international conferences across Europe and North America. She is an avid highliner and climber and always strives to find balance in life so that she can pursue both her academic and outdoor goals.