Dawn Canapary, river guide for ARTA River Trips

One of Dawn’s career goals is to be a Llama Wrangler. That would be unusual, except that in the Why-Not-World-of-Dawn, it makes perfect sense. She grew up in a smaller-than-small town along the Merced River just outside of Yosemite and then went to Oberlin College in Ohio on a soccer scholarship. Why not? She is currently studying Geology in Santa Cruz (while in Washington) and hopes to someday own a bakery. Why not? She was intrigued by music and wanted to be in a band in the fourth grade so she started playing the drums. Why not? She once had a pet zucchini on a leash. Why not? She has a secret dream of just showing up in a random small town somewhere, offering super-energetic dance lessons for a few months, and then just vanishing one night like a jolly apparition. Why… Wait-a-minute. Slow down. Even in a Why-Not-World, that’s unusual.

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