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One of five children, Jeanne Masley Stawiecki grew up in the factory town of Webster, Massachusetts. In 1971, Jeanne completed nursing school and married her high school sweetheart. She enrolled at St. Vincent Hospital School of Anesthesia while continuing to work full-time. Two years later, she was awarded the Agatha Hodgin's award for the most outstanding graduate nurse anesthetist.
To save money, Jeanne quit her two packs a day smoking habit and began to exercise so she would not gain weight.
She joined a runner's club and in 1993 she heard about the running of the 100th Boston Marathon. The idea of running the 100th Boston Marathon sparked her to qualify. Although Jeanne had been running only twenty miles a week, she decided to try entering the NYC Marathon (a race that picks its entrants by lottery) to qualify for Boston. She soon learned that she had been accepted to run in the 1994 New York Marathon. In 1994, at 44 years old, Jeanne finished the NYC marathon in 3:36, qualifying for the Boston marathon.
After running the 99th Boston Marathon in 1995; another six consecutive Boston Marathons, including the 100th; and sixteen years of running, she wanted something more. She planned a trek to the Himalayas, traveling alone to meet a group of strangers who had all booked the same tour in Katmandu. The trip was a huge success and now Jeanne had found a new passion: Mt. Everest and the Himalayas.
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