Malaika Vaz | |
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Born | Saligao, Goa, India | 13 April 1997
Alma mater | United World Colleges |
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Malaika Vaz (born 13 April 1997) is an Indian National Geographic explorer, television presenter, and wildlife filmmaker. She is the youngest person to reach the Arctic and the Antarctic with Students on Ice foundation.[1][2]
In 2018, she presented the TV series On The Brink[3] for Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, that follows her journey exploring the many endangered species across India together with the stories of researchers and scientists involved in protecting them. She is currently working on an investigative documentary on the illegal trafficking of Manta Rays across Southeast Asia. As a National Geographic Explorer Malaika produced and presented a 3 part series on human-wildlife coexistence titled Living With Predators.[4][5]