Former Dolphins Cheerleader’s Memoir to be Released Next Week
Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer by Mireya Mayor with a foreword by Jane Goodall (National Geographic, $26)
Anyone who thinks it is impossible to reinvent themselves and dramatically change courses should put this book at the top of their reading list.
Miraya Mayor was a former Miami Dolphins Cheerleader. She added Fulbright scholar, National Science Foundation Fellow, and two-time Emmy Award-nominated television producer to her resume. One of her biggest challenges, however, was when she emerged as a National Geographic Explorer.
Mireya grew up in a home that was controlled by an overprotective Cuban immigrant mother, a woman who even barred 7-year-old Mireya from joining the Girl Scouts since she felt camping would be “far too dangerous.” After graduating from high school, the young woman became an actress, then a slot as a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader. Her passion for animals prompted her to take an anthropology class in college which led to work that established her as a renowned primatologist and eventual quintessential explorer. From swimming with white sharks to tracking gorillas in the Congo, her life has been anything but dull. Her new book documents her unrelenting determination, incredible sense of adventure and fierce love for animals. “Pink Boots and a Machete” is informative, exciting, and just the ticket for animal lovers and armchair adventurers.
