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Naperville Magazine
By Sarah Knight Adamson
December 2016 View more Influencers
Some say that former Naperville Disney star Kay Panabaker was living her dream job as an actress on the hit TV show Summerland in 2004. At thirteen, she starred as Niki Westerly with on-screen boyfriendZac Efron as Cameron Bale. She did love that life, but she also had a hidden longing to work with animals.Nowadays, you’ll find Panabaker still working for Disney, but at Disney World in Orlando in her dream job as an Associate Animal Keeper.
Can you tell us your responsibilities as an Animal Keeper at Disney World?
I maintain the care, well-being, management, behavior conditioning, and enrichment of our animals and birds. I work with goats, sheep, elephants, porcupines, skunks, donkeys, cows, parrots, birds of prey, and opossums to name a few. I do animal presentations on our stages and maintain the ‘Affection Section,’ which is our petting zoo. I’m happy to say I’ve been here two years now.
Your current job is such a remarkable change. Why did you leave acting?
I no longer had that lov
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Stephanie Kay Panabaker is an American actress, who was born on May 2, 1990 in Orange Grove, Texas, USA. She is the daughter of Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker. She has an older sister, Danielle Panabaker, who is also an actress. She started acting at various community theaters in Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta. In Naperville, Illinois, Kay attended Crone Middle School for sixth grade, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the start of seventh grade. In between projects, Kay focuses on her academics. She graduated from high school, as valedictorian, when she was thirteen-years-old and received her Associate's Degree at age fifteen. Kay received two academic scholarships from Glendale Community College, where she attended, studying acting, and where she was on the Dean's list, graduating with honors. She was accepted to the UCLA online program as a junior history major, when she was fifteen, and completed her online BA in History from UCLA, before she turned eighteen. Kay was inspired by an elementary school teacher, who made learning exciting, and she wants
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