USFWS Cheryl Mockford, -ScienceWoman (16086033683)

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Name: Cheryl Mockford
Title: Contract Specialist
Duty station: Region One Contracting and General Services (CGS)
Optional: ​Female Conservation Hero or Mentor: Joy Adamson
Where did you go to school: Seattle Pacific University
Optional:​ What did you study? European Studies/Russian
How did you get interested in conservation? I really did not know that much about fish and wildlife / conservation prior to working at FWS. I started working at Fish and Wildlife in 1999
What’s your favorite thing about working for FWS? The very few days I can get out of the office and visit a refuge or hatchery
What’s your favorite species and why? Elephant Seal, because I most recently saw a baby elephant seal being born.

If you could have one incredible animal adaptation, what would it be? Flippers – I like to swim