That’s about when I started working full-time, and unlike a lot of people, i didn’t finish high school. So i went through that, and then um i worked on ranches, farms, I worked with llamas and goats and cattle and horses.
So that was from nine years old, um i was in 4-H, if you’re familiar with that? I had 4-h taught me you know? A lot of skills. I used to take a bus out to a stable, and I would take care of horses because we didn’t have any money.īut i would take care of the you know clean stalls feed stuff, just so I can be around horses and get the chance to ride them. I lived in a town with no livestock, but once my mother let me um get on the bus by myself it was about nine years old. Liz Abram: Oh well, I was obsessed with horses when i was young, and um, I did live in the urban area you know. I’m honored – thank you.How did you become a zookeeper? Zennie Abraham: “Okay, can i post it and share it for public or just yeah, yeah, okay. So you get a waltz that explains everything! Yeah I’ll send it to you, And, so I did my own video with another keeper – we’re more of the uh mature zookeepers that didn’t want to dance that hard or whatever they were doing. I was invited to, but I didn’t know this dance, and I didn’t know the music. Liz Abram: Uh, I have to tell you, uh I didn’t do the, um, dance video. Would you like to interview? And I said “yes”, and so that led us to this happy occasion. I saw this cool YouTube video of zookeepers dancing, everybody dancing too, and just as I saw them dancing, and i was looking, and i just thought “Hey, there’s no one black!” And, so I asked the question: I said, “Well, how come Oakland Zoo doesn’t have any black zookeepers?” “Well, how come Oakland Zoo doesn’t have any black zookeepers?”, and Erin Harrison was kind enough to call me and say “Well, actually we do. And, she is a zookeeper with the Oakland Zoo, and i have to explain this backstory, based on the title (of this vlog). Zennie Abraham: On YouTube for Friday, and also Oakland News Now, and every place else, it’s my pleasure to introduce Liz Abram – slightly different from what you see there – but that’s another story. ONN – The Oakland Zoo Has African American Zookeepers, And We Interview Liz Abram
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