BORN IN: Flint, Michigan
LIVES IN: Ensenada, Chile
FAVORITE RIVERS: South Fork Canyon of the Payette in Idaho; Petrohué River in Chile
BIO: Amparo Killing was born in Michigan to an English mother and a Chilean father. A world traveler based in Chile, Amparo is co-founder and owner of River Friends School and Expeditions, which specializes in providing therapy through rivers near Chile’s Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park. When she’s not raft guiding, Amparo continues to travel and explore, embracing the River Friends ideal of an “exceptional lifestyle—a lifestyle of water, waves, laughter and the best of friends.”