Canyon Woodward is the co-founder, with Chloe Maxmin, of Dirtroad Organizing, an organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of rural organizers, staff, elected officials, and candidates. Canyon is co-author (with Chloe) of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It. He was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of rural North Carolina and the North Cascades of Washington. He earned an honors degree in social studies from Harvard College, where the bulk of his education took place outside of the classroom organizing to get Harvard to divest from fossil fuels. Canyon is also a professional trail runner.