Kirsty Venter is a wildlife/marine biologist from South Africa, who has worked with a variety of taxonomic groups from insects to blue whales! Kirsty tells us about growing up as the daughter of a regional scientist of a game reserve in South Africa and how that influenced her passions as she began university. We learn how Kirsty started off working as an entomologist before switching to largest animal in the world the Blue Whale! We also hear about Kirsty's early days as a instructor and how she got into teaching international students and ecotourists!