Blackfeet Student Fights Fracking by Studying Alternative Energy Solutions - ICTMN.com: She boxes. She beads. She reads (environmental engineering textbooks.) Her name: Mariah Gladstone.
Gladstone, 19, is a sophomore at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in New York City. Yet, when she’s not fulfilling the requirements for her earth and environmental engineering major, Gladstone will lace up her knuckles in her tattered, red Everlast hand straps and take to the punching bag.
On other less physically demanding evenings, Gladstone sits in her dorm room, which overlooks the Hudson River, and beads her custom-made Native American jewelry. Gladstone will then sell those earrings at Native American events around New York City as well as in her Etsy store.
Born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation located in northwestern Montana, Gladstone graduated in three years from Glacier High School in Kalispell, Montana in 2011. By 17, she was already an Ivy League student.
