Mireya Mayor is a primatologist, author, television host, and National Geographic grantee. Hailed as a “female Indiana Jones,” this Fulbright Scholar and NSF Fellow has hosted wildlife shows, most recently Nat Geo WILD’s Wild Nights With Mireya Mayor, and starred in the History Channel’s Expedition Africa. She’s also a two-time Emmy-nominated field correspondent for the National Geographic channel. Closest to her heart is her ongoing study of the Microcebus species, or mouse lemur, which she discovered on a 2000 National Geographic–funded expedition in Madagascar. Her work with this rare primate inspired the Madagascan prime minister to establish a national park to help protect the species, conserving the 10 percent that remains of the nation’s once vast forest. In 2011, she published Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer.
