David Mizejewski (born September 15, 1975[1]) is a naturalist, television personality and a spokesperson for the National Wildlife Federation.[2] He frequently appears as a wild life expert on talk shows such as Good Morning America, Conan,Today and The Wendy Williams Show.
David Mizejewski | |
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.jpg) David Mizejewski at BookExpo 2019 | |
| Born | September 15, 1975 |
| Career | |
| Show | Backyard Habitat |
| Network | Animal Planet |
| Show | Today |
| Network | NBC |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Early life
editDavid Mizejewski graduated from Emory University in 1997[3] with a degree in Human and Natural Ecology.[4]
Career
editMizejewski is a graduate and board member of Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL), an exclusive, two-year leadership training, networking, and mentoring program. He was one of twenty young conservationists to be nominated and selected for the inaugural class of this competitive program in 2005. He joined the board in 2008. Mizejewski has also sat on advisory groups for the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, Biodiversity Council, Alliance for Workplace Excellence, OurEarth.org, and Mother Earth News magazine."[citation needed]
Mizejewski is the host of the Nat Geo WILD series Pet Talk, in which he helps people connect people to wildlife by helping them understand their pets and their wild ancestors. He also hosted and produced Animal Planet's Backyard Habitat, is a regular guest on NBC's Today Show,[5] Conan,[6] and ABC's Good Morning America. In addition to his television appearances, Mizejewski has worked as a wildlife consultant on motion picture productions such as Where the Wild Things Are and Legend of the Guardians.
Mizejewski is the author of Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife,[7] which won the 2005 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Gardening/Architecture.[8] He is a contributor to Gardening How-To magazine and a contributing editor at Birds and Blooms magazine. Mizejewski has written several articles for The Huffington Post.[9] Mizejewski also contributed an essay to the 2006 book Paws and Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog.[10]
Personal life
editMizejewski lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his husband Justin.[12] Their wedding was held in a rustic barn in Poolesville, Maryland on 7 November 2015.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ David Mizejewski [@Dmizejewski] (2020-09-15). "Today is my 45th #birthday. I'll be honest this year the downward spiral of our reality—raging wildfires, pandemic, rejection of science, open racism, extinction crisis, aggressively willful ignorance—have me feeling hopeless. Please share animal pics & reasons I should have hope" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Our Experts". National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019.
- ^ "About: Work and Education". Personal Facebook Page. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "David Mizejewski's Bio". National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "NWF Naturalist Teased on Today Show". The National Wildlife Federation Blog. Sep 16, 2013. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019.
- ^ "David Mizejewski @ Team Coco". teamcoco.com. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019.
- ^ Mizejewski, David (2004). National Wildlife Federation: Attracting Birds, Butterflies & other Backyard Wildlife: David Mizejewski, Glee Barre: 9781580111508: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 1580111505.
- ^ "2005 Benjamin Franklin Award Winners and Finalists". Independent Book Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Entries by David Mizejewski". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ Plakcy, Neil Steven; Sakson, Sharon R. (2006). Paws and Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog. Neil Plakcy. ISBN 978-1-4581-7417-8.
With contributions by Alistair McCartney, Andy Zeffer, Brian McCormick, Charles Busch, David Mizejewski, Donald Hardy, Edward Albee, G. Russell Overton
- ^ "The ElfQuest Show". SoundCloud. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019.
- ^ "#ENGAGED!!!". Personal Instagram. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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