Niki Kourofsky holds a bachelor’s degree in history, with a concentration in museum studies, and a master’s degree in writing and editing. Her Adirondack roots run generations deep, grounded in the ore sand of the one-time mining community of Lyon Mountain. She is a senior editor at Adirondack Life, a regional magazine exploring the people, places, and storied history of New York’s six-million-acre Adirondack Park.