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Megan McCubbin, 28, is no stranger to nature, having grown up with Chris Packham as her stepfather. She hopes to pursue a similar career path to the naturalist, and has joined Chris in some of his presenting roles on BBC’s Watch series. Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk though, Megan admitted she lacked the confidence to take the path at first due to severe dyslexia.

While she is involved in work and projects in her own right, Megan has been able to star alongside Chris in recent years on TV.

Chris is best known for his conservation work and is a passionate voice for wildlife.

Megan has clearly been inspired by his efforts, also taking part in conservation work as well as photography and zoology.

When asked about her decision to embark on the career though, Megan explained: “Well, wildlife was always going to be part of my life one way or another.

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“I’m quite severely dyslexic, so the traditional school curriculum didn’t always suit me.

“I didn’t learn the way that I was being taught, and I had a brilliant dyslexic support teacher outside of school that helped me learn how I learned best and it took me a while to find that confidence.

“So I wasn’t very good at maths and I wasn’t very good at science – honesty, because I just couldn’t understand the information that they were giving me in that format.

“So once I was able to kind of relearn those skills, and really look at the practical elements that I could really excel in and learn the academic side of the way that I needed to learn, then I was wanting to be a zoologist.”

She continued: “But it was only because I didn’t have that confidence, shall we say, when I was growing up, because there wasn’t as much support – well, it’s not that wasn’t as much support, there wasn’t as much understanding I suppose, about how dyslexic people learn differently.

“You know, so I was very grateful to have those outside influences, like Chris, like my volunteering opportunities and projects.

“That all got me into wildlife, really, because they really taught me and gave me the confidence to realise that I could do that as well, if I wanted to.”

Despite the obstacles, Megan has managed to make a career out of her passion.

Talking about her step dad’s influence, she added: “I mean, I met Chris when I was two years old.

“So you know, he, of course, had a massive influence over my life.

“And I think all young people are born with this natural curiosity about the natural world because we often forget that we are part of it.

“So you know, you’re hard-pressed to find a young person that won’t want to follow a butterfly around or, you know, go digging for worms as I did when I was like two or three years old.”

She added: “And so, you know, we’re all born with that kind of curiosity about wildlife and the environment.

“It’s about harnessing that curiosity, which I think Chris definitely helped me do throughout my young childhood years.

“I spent a lot of my time volunteering, and there are lots of brilliant projects around the UK that get people interested in nature and the environment and enhance that curiosity.

“So Chris was definitely an avenue for that for me. I was lucky to have lots of amazing implementers and to kind of get hands-on practical experience.”

 

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