There's never a dull moment for Mireya Mayor, who has five children. Pictured with her are Ava, Emma, Charlotte, Olivia and, in the background running away, Lukas. Mayor, 41, spoke in Omaha ...

Mireya Mayor gets chased by gorillas and eats rice and beans, all for the love of a lemur. Mireya Mayor is a Primatologist, Fulbright scholar and National Science Foundation Fellow who specializes ...

Join world-renowned scientist and National Geographic explorer Mireya Mayor on a wild and inspiring romp through her unconventional path to success. From her early days as an NFL cheerleader to ...

Mireya Mayor had it all figured out. She was going to be a lawyer. After growing up in Miami the daughter of a Cuban immigrant single mom, she'd made her way to and almost through the University ...

Dr. Mireya Mayor’s career path has taken some wild turns. She was an NFL cheerleader as a college student. Her work after football dropped her into the jungles of South America and beyond. As a ...

Photo by Brent Stirton A former NFL cheerleader and daughter of Cuban immigrants who grew up in Miami, Mireya Mayor followed her unlikely dreams. In short order, she became a respected ...

Mireya Mayor has studied primates around the world and hosts shows on the National Geographic Wild Channel. An ex-Miami Dolphins cheerleader with a Ph.D. in anthropology, the South Florida native ...

My HealthySELF: How National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor Stays Fit for Her Adventures Imagine you're an NFL cheerleader with a passion for science.

Anthropologist, television host, former NFL cheerleader, National Geographic Emerging Explorer . . . Mireya Mayor is many things. A homebody isn’t one of them. In the past year, she has led ...

Mireya Mayor, once a Miami Dolphins cheerleader and now a National Geographic wildlife correspondent, will appear Thursday, April 19, at Old School Square in Delray Beach.

She is the author of Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer, which chronicles her unconventional career path. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Mayor ...

Mireya Mayor is a Primatologist, Fulbright scholar and National Science Foundation Fellow who specializes in researching the lemurs of Madagascar. She also often appears on the National Geographic ...