Major: Biology (Pre-Vet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Year: Sophomore<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From: Encinitas, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What intrigues\/excites you most about going to Ecuador?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I find the natural world to be extremely beautiful and especially love animals. Spending time in the rainforest and in the Galapagos is what I am most excited for because of the unique biodiversity and the cool critters! I really want to make friends with a monkey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n How would you describe yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I love animals, painting, riding my horse, and making people laugh. People tell me I\u2019m friendly, funny, tenacious (whatever that means), creative, and adventurous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the best piece of advice\/wisdom you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t put a fork in the toaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where is your favorite place you have visited and why?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My favorite place I\u2019ve ever visited was Botswana. I immediately fell in love with the untamed landscape of the Okavango Delta. I have always been fascinated by animals, but this trip really deepened my love of African charismatic mega-fauna like elephants, giraffe, and hippos. I learned a lot about conservation and about the challenges these animals face in a rapidly developing world. I couldn\u2019t imagine living in a world where such beautiful animals no longer existed. This trip was what ignited my passion to pursue a career in conservation medicine by becoming a wildlife veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Share a little about your family.<\/em> My family lives on a hobby farm where we have over 80 animals including horses, chickens, goats, sheep, llamas, bunnies, geese, ducks, turkeys, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, a donkey, and a pig. My mom and I run a goat yoga business at the farm as well as a summer camp and a farm tour business. We also have a llama wedding business, San Diego Party Llamas where we take our llamas to people\u2019s weddings for cocktail hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Major: Biology (Pre-Vet) Year: Sophomore From: Encinitas, California What intrigues\/excites you most about going to Ecuador? I find the natural world to be extremely beautiful and especially love animals. Spending time in the rainforest and in the Galapagos is what I am most excited for because of the unique biodiversity and the cool critters! I… Continue reading Sissy Sugarman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/ecuador2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}