Resume
Education:
1992 – 1994
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, FL
Area of Study: Zoo Animal Technology
Work Experience:
1999 March – September
The ZOO
Gulf Breeze, FL
Zoo Camp Coordinator
- Designed and taught wildlife programs for elementary children.
1995 – 1999
The Focus Center Museum
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Educator
- Designed and taught wildlife programs for elementary children.
1997 / Summer
Tops’l Beach Resort Destin, FL
Recreation Aide
- Designed and taught courses that involved animals and children for summer camp.
1995 / May – December
YMCA Fun Club
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Nature Studies Director
- Designed and taught nature studies course for summer camp.
1995 – 1996
Gulfarium Marine Park
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Animal Trainer Assistant
- Assisted with training of Cetaceans, Pinnipeds and Mustelidae for public programs. Duties included: feeding, cleaning and medicating.
1993 – 1995
Lubee Foundation
Gainesville, FL
Bat Keeper
- Care of five species of Megachiroptera. Duties included cleaning, diet, enrichment and construction or repair of enclosures.
- Assisted biologists and veterinarians in non-invasive scientific research. Handling, restraint and tagging of bats and primates.
- Actively participated in a national study on nectar feeding as a source of dietary enrichment in captive environments.
1992 – 1994
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, FL
Student Zookeeper
- Daily instruction about management of exotic animals including:
- Hoofstock, birds, primates, reptiles and amphibians. Assisted veterinarians in weekly examinations, quarantine care and preventative medicine.
- Other duties included; cleaning, diet preparation, record keeping, lab work, design and construction of enclosures and public education.
1991 – 1992
Great Explorations Museum
St. Petersburg, FL
Reptile Keeper
- Preparing exhibits and animals for educational public programs.
1991 / Summer
Busch Gardens Zoological Park
Tampa, FL
Nursery Zookeeper
- Daily management of animals in nursery and off-display quarantine. Species include Lemurs, birds of prey, various Hoofstock and pigs.
Career Summary:
- Designed and Taught Wildlife programs for several institutions.
- Established my own business called “Nonie’s Ark” in which I educate children with a hands-on live animal program.
- Worked with animals from all realms of the animal kingdom.
Professional Memberships:
- Bat Conservation International
- American Association of Zookeepers
- American Zoo and Aquarium Association
- Project Wild, Project Learning Tree, Project Wet
Licenses:
- Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Licensee to sell or exhibit wildlife
Publications:
- Nectar Feeding as an enrichment technique with Island Flying Foxes Animal Keepers Forum, January 1997