Kirstie's story has been well-documented. She allowed cameras into the hospital to film her amputation ordeal for an inspired short film produced by Cosmopolitan magazine. She was featured on the cover ESPN magazine for the “Body” issue. Photos of Prince Harry embracing Ennis after she completed the 1,000-mile walk across England, Wales and Scotland for the British non-profit Walking for the Wounded appeared in People magazine and she was later honored by the magazine as their “Annual Body Image Hero” in 2016.

She competed in boardercross and banked slalom as a Paralympic snowboarder and then ventured into mountaineering, summitting Mt Kilimanjaro (at 19,341-feet it’s the highest point in Africa) to support the non-profit The Waterboys.

In September 2018, Kirstie summited Elbrus, (18,510ft the highest point in Europe), for the nonprofit Glam4Good.
Next was raising funds for Building Homes for Heroes with climbing Denali in Alaska, (20,322ft the tallest mountain in North America), but Kirstie was turned around 2,000ft from the summit, due to severe weather.
In February 2019, Kirstie summited Aconcagua, (22,838ft the tallest mountain in South America), in support of Merging Vets and Players.
May of 2019, Kirstie attempted Mt. Everest, (29,032ft the tallest mountain in the world), but chose to turn around at the South Summit, (600ft from the summit) for the health and safety of her team.
2021 started the redemption round with Kirstie completing her summit of Denali in May. She finished the year summiting Mt. Vinson in Antarctica, (16,050ft) in December, both 2021 climbs were in support  of her 501(c)3 organization, The Kirstie Ennis Foundation.
In May of 2023, Kirstie had her second attempt at Everest, but made the decision to turn around at the South Summit (600ft from the summit) due to the overcrowding and lines of people on the mountain and in perservation of her safety and want to make it back home.
Kirstie will attempt Everest again to complete her Seven Summits-Climbing for a Cause expeditions, but recognizes that change in overall safety for climbers, handling overcrowding, and effort to protect the mountain's fragile ecosystem has to come first.

What people might not know about Ennis: she’s completed three Master’s degrees (Human Behavior, Business Administration and Public Administration) and recently completed her doctorate in Education.

Speaking of her reasons for joing the Marine Corps at 17, Kirstie enlisted as an aircraft mechanic, inspired by her parents who were both Marines. “I idolized what they were doing. I have always wanted to serve and to help others who can’t protect themselves,” she says. “I wanted to give my parents a reason to be proud of me.” She chose to become an aircraft mechanic because she didn’t know the first thing about airplanes. “I went to the recruiter’s office and told them I wanted it to be hard. I wanted to be challenged physically and intellectually,” she says. After everything she’s been through, that hasn’t changed. If anything, it’s inspired her to push even harder, not only for herself but to inspire others. “I’m extremely proud of everything I did in the military and I’d do it all over again if I could,” she told Cosmopolitan. “That’s what I signed up for. I would lay my life down for the men and women that stood alongside me. At the end of the day I’m thankful it happened to me and no one else.”

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