America's Teaching Zoo

Instructor, Exotic Animal Training & Management

Gary Mui

Chinese American

California Academy of Sciences / Steinhart Aquarium

Dive Operations Manager & Diving Safety Officer

Mauritius Bell

Black

California Science Center

Director of Husbandry

Misha Body

Chinese/ White

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Chief Conservation Education Officer

Dean Watanabe

Japanese / White

Happy Hollow Zoo

Senior Zoo Keeper

Nathan Andrews

Multiracial (Black/ Japanese/ White)

Los Angeles Zoo

Curator of Education

Rosalio Rubio, Jr.

Mexican-American (Chicano)

Oakland Zoo

Education Program Manager (Curriculum Development)

Ashley Terry

Multiracial (African American, European American, Native American)

Sacramento Zoo

Animal Keeper, Primates & Carnivores

Anela Medeiros

Biracial (Native Hawaiian/ White)

Safari West

Lead Primate Keeper

Camille Walters

Filipino

San Diego Zoo

Educator Guide

Marcel Lammey

Black

San Diego Zoo

Lead Wildlife Specialist- Elephant Odyssey

Thomas Reid

African American

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Veterinarian (Resident)

Geoffrey (Rob) Browning

Korean

America's Teaching Zoo

Registered Veterinary Technician

Lauren Nickerson

African American

California Academy of Sciences / Steinhart Aquarium

Senior Biologist

Steven Yong

Chinese

Charles Paddock Zoo

Lead Animal Keeper and RVT

Flavia Parotti

Brazilian

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Conservation Interpreter Presenter

Mayra Chavez

Hispanic

Los Angeles Zoo

Animal Keeper, Birds

Kimberly Garcia

Hispanic

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Internship Program Manager

Edward Allen

Black

Oakland Zoo

Animal Keeper

Eunice Hui

Chinese

Sacramento Zoo

Animal Keeper

Jennifer Halbert

Biracial (Irish/ Japanese)

San Diego Zoo

Senior Wildlife Care Specialist

Alex Duran

Mexican

San Diego Zoo

Wildlife Care Specialist & Ambassador

Marco Polo Preciado Wendt

Latinx / Chicano

San Diego Zoo

Veterinary Technician

Victor Olivares

Latino/ Chicano

SeaWorld San Diego

Pathology Technician

Ariel Carter

Biracial (Black/ White)

America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College

Zoo Development Coordinator

Mara Rodriguez

Mexican American

California Science Center

Aquarist

Albert Chang

Hmong (Asian American)

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Deputy Director, Chief Operating Officer

Amos Morris

African American

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

Zookeeper

Bryan Jeung

Biracial (Chinese/ White)

Los Angeles Zoo

Curator of Equity Initiatives

Rachel Helfing

Biracial (African American/ Jewish)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Chief Human Resources Officer

Teresa Merry

Black

Oakland Zoo

Marketing Associate

Isabella Linares

Puerto Rican

Sacramento Zoo

Chief Operating Officer

Robert Churchill

African American

San Diego Zoo

Population Biologist

Asako Navarro

Japanese

San Diego Zoo

Wildlife Care Associate- Behavior Dept.

Max Hammond

Latino

San Diego Zoo

Research Coordinator

Victoria Dunch

Mexican- American