
Su Alteen (they/them-elle) coaches the Junior Development Team and is on the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee for Wallnuts. Su holds a Bachelor of Education through the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts through Memorial University, as well as a Climbing Wall Association Instructor certification. They have been climbing since 2006, including with the Junior Program, the NL Provincial Team, and as a core member of the uOttawa Climbing Club. Their favourite climbing activities include climbing outdoors, competing, and cultivating a thriving climbing community. Su’s goals for climbing coaching are to foster youth mentorship opportunities for all athletes to learn and grow from one another. Su volunteers with the Memorial University Climbing Club as well as with Climbing Access & Development of Eastern Newfoundland (CADEN), and is a member of the local Alpine Club of Canada Section. In their spare time they sell their original art climbing stickers, enjoy choral singing with Spectrum Queer Choir, playing the guitar & the ukulele, hiking, yoga, art, and baking cookies.