Terri Irwin
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And that's kind of what I want to emulate is being that kind of person where you're approachable and easy to get along with.
people were having a great day and were having fun or someone was having some kind of problem and wanted to talk about it.
It was really nice to be able to just really communicate with everybody, which was great.
The wildlife work was kind of a thread through everything that I did.
And the family business was something that I aspired to.
And, you know, a lot of kids will be like, I want to be like my parent.
So my mom was a stay at home mom, but my dad had all these different jobs.
And he said to me, I really don't want you riding motorcycles on the road because it's just so dangerous.
And that was ironic because driving pilot car is tremendously dangerous.
But I respected, you know, that he said that and just really wanted to buckle down and work in the family business, but also had that passion with working with wildlife and that kind of connection.
I felt very empathetic towards these animals.
It made me more empathetic to people as well.
And I know when I was 14, I volunteered at a rest home working with older people when rest homes were stereotypical rest homes.