Lucia became the first Slovak woman to summit Mount Everest in 2024, an achievement carrying both personal and cultural weight. The ascent was not a single moment of success, but a prolonged encounter with uncertainty, risk, and responsibility.

Lucia does not treat Everest as an end point. The experience of the ascent, and the lessons it revealed, continue to guide her work and her desire to pass those insights on to the next generation.

Alongside her work as a scientist, Lucia is also a mother. This perspective sharpens her understanding that decisions made under pressure are never abstract.