Chelsea Shaffer is Equine Network’s editorial director, with a special focus on The Team Roping Journal and The Breakaway Roping Journal. A long-time advocate of women’s roping, Shaffer won the 2017 WPRA Media Award for the promotion of the sport. A 2010 graduate of Ohio University’s Honor’s Tutorial College, she prioritizes solid news reporting and storytelling in her writing. She lives in Fort Lupton, Colorado, with her husband and daughter, and is surrounded by breakaway ropers in her social circles.