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How Rae Wynn-Grant defied expectations and became an ecologist and host of a nature show

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."

WYNN-GRANT: Today, we're visiting Edwards Air Force Base to explore a groundbreaking head-start program that's helping to save desert tortoises. RASCOE: Rae Wynn-Grant is now exploring her own journey in a memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose In An Untamed World." And that would take me to Africa, to Asia, to South America, to Australia, you know, all over the world, to learn about and fall in love with wild animals and their conservation.

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