Stephanie Mantilla

Stephanie Mantilla is a positive reinforcement-based animal trainer with over 15 years of experience. She spent over 12 years as a zookeeper and trained a little bit of everything including sloths, monkeys, rhinos, bears, cheetahs, cougars, and much more. One of Stephanie’s favorite animals is the cheetah. In 2013, she traveled to Namibia to spend time volunteering at the Cheetah Conservation Fund. Before she left her position as a Senior Carnivore Keeper at the Houston Zoo, Stephanie was her department’s training and enrichment coordinator. She has a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science and received a Behavioral Husbandry certificate by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Stephanie now runs her own business that focuses on training domestic cats and dogs using clicker training. She helps cat parents improve their cat’s life on her website CuriosityTrained.com.