Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a Peruvian-American mountaineer, author, social entrepreneur, and technologist. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, she became the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest in May 2016. She is also the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, climbing the tallest mountain on each continent from both the Messner and Bass lists, and is among the few women globally to have completed the "Eight Summits" as of 2019.