{"id":830,"date":"2022-06-20T16:44:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=175389"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:04:20","slug":"dr-mireya-mayor-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2022\/06\/20\/dr-mireya-mayor-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mireya Mayor thought she’d ‘never see her family again’ in 2009 plane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Expedition Bigfoot<\/a> premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2019. It features Bryce Johnson, Russell Acord and Dr Mireya Mayor, who is the team’s primatologist. Mireya has had an extremely full life and many different careers under her belt. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as appearing on Expedition Bigfoot, Mireya is well known for appearing on National Geographic Explorer and Expedition Africa. When she’s not searching for Bigfoot, she’s looking for endangered species in the jungle. Mireya is well known for her passion for wildlife conservation. Although her life may sound exciting, she spends a lot of time away from her children for work and, in 2009, Dr Mireya Mayor survived a plane crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mireya Mayor’s career explored<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr Mireya Mayor was born<\/a> to Cuban parents but grew up in the USA. She had a career as an NFL cheerleader and, when she was at school, wanted to become a lawyer before discovering anthropology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TV star opted to pursue her passion for nature and embarked on a TV career as National Geographic’s first female wildlife correspondent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mireya<\/a> landed her correspondent role in 2004 and she went on to have her own Nat Geo show. She also did a TEDx Talk<\/a> in 2022 entitled Chasing Dreams And Monkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n