Growing up in Guatemala, I remember getting excited reading about jaguars or leopards in National Geographic and wanting to work with wild cats. I started college to become a biologist, planning to work with wild felids. As passionate as I was about conservation and big cats, I always felt like it was too big of a goal for me. I couldn’t voice my dreams for fear of others judging my choice or seeing how inadequate I was for that field. I thought wildlife conservation was a very difficult field to go into because it was reserved for men and I would need a lot of money to buy all the necessary equipment. I was full of excuses and reasons not to claim my dream.
Read more of the Gabriela's story at the The Wildlife Society at https://wildlife.org/wildlife-vocalizations-gabriela-palomo-munoz/
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