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“I was a cheerleader who had grown up taking ballet and piano lessons,” she said in an interview with the National Geographic. But still, I cannot help but draw similarities between us. If you want to learn more about her and her journey, check out her awesome book “Pink Boots and a Machete” which is a quick, easy and entertaining read and a bible for any girl wanting to go out in the field.
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Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist (She Made History)
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2022 Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction - Finalist
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist - Juvenile Nonfiction
2023 Green Earth Book Award Long List for Picture Book
Primatologist Mireya Mayor is living proof that courage and determination can make the impossible possible.
We both grew up in South Florida with pet chickens and bugs kept in containers in our bedrooms. Her discovery led the prime minister of Madagascar to establish a national park to help protect the new species, which she continues to study and find new ways to conserve.
Mireya, who holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology, is a Fulbright Scholar, an Emmy Award-nominated wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic Channel, and author of Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer, which chronicles her amazing life.
She is a primatologist, and more importantly she is an explorer.
She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and her PhD from Stony Brook University in New York. She has lived my dream not only as a primatologist but as a National Geographic Explorer. Most of her extensive studies have followed some of the most endangered species of sifakas in Madagascar, primarily the silky sifaka and Perrier’s sifaka.
“I was seized by the fact that some of the most incredible animals on the verge of extinction had never been studied, and that in some cases, not even a mere photograph existed to show their existence.”
Mireya, who is often called the “female Indiana Jones,” would later go to some of the most remote regions of the earth as a primatologist in search of such animals.
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In Search of Endangered Species With Renowned Primatologist, Mireya Mayor
In the pursuit of a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), you don’t have to give up other things that you love such as cheerleading, art, sports and dancing, renowned primatologist Mireya Mayor often tells students, including young girls.
Mireya — a former NFL cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, daughter of Cuban immigrants, and mother of six – knows of what she speaks.
This biography of the woman who convinced the prime minister of Madagascar to make the mouse lemur's rain forest a protected national park is an inspiring--and wild story.
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For Mireya Mayor, even as a young child whose house was filed with cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, a chicken, and a snapping turtle, nothing was quite wild enough.
I hope her story can inspire you, too. Older, she traded her pom-poms as a cheerleader for the National Football League for the swamps of the South American jungle. We both developed a love for animals that followed us through our college career. And above all we are both animal lovers.
She has a quote that is something that I live by, even before I knew of Mireya Mayor:
“Television has the power to help people know and connect with these animals and habitats that are disappearing.
It was only when Mireya went to Madagascar that things FINALLY got wild enough. If we don’t act now it may be to late.”
Dr. Mayor is an excellent example of a human being, and I know she has inspired me to pursue greatness and really follow my dream of one day being a National Geographic Explorer and host, while also being a primatologist and helping to prevent the extinction of some of our closest relatives.
It was in anthropology class during college when the desire to pursue the study of primates hit her. We both have a silly and sometimes seemingly impractical love of fashion. We both came across anthropology by accident, you can read about my experience here. On a particular expedition in Madagascar, she co-discovered a rare new species of mouse lemur, believed to be the world’s smallest primate.
I feel a little stupid every time I relate to Dr. Mayor, because how can I possibly relate to a woman who has done so much.