Rae Wynn-Grant

CARNIVORE ECOLOGY/ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY

URBAN CHILDHOOD

Rae Wynn-Grant grew up in big cities. Born in San Francisco, she spent most of her childhood in California. Her mother is a writer and her father is an architect, so it surprised everyone when she decided to be a wildlife biologist. As a kid, she remembers being fascinated by television shows about wild animals. When she was a teenager, Rae dreamed about hosting her own nature show on National Geographic. In middle school and high school, she struggled with traditional tests and found math and science challenging, but Rae loved the things she was learning about the natural world and didn’t allow less-than-perfect grades stand in her way.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

After high ...

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