title: Helen Slottje
text: # Helen Slottje
  
  Helen Slottje is an American lawyer and environmental activist. She received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.
  
  ## Life
  
  Helen lives in Ithaca, New York with her husband. She previously worked as a commercial attorney in Boston.
  
  She began fighting fracking after attending a presentation on the topic in 2009. She is credited with helping pass bans against fracking in more than a hundred communities in New York.
  
  