Ayla Martins
Assistant Group Leader: Specialities: Excellent game spotter and tracker; mountain lion research assistant; personal travel assistant.

Ayla was born in the Western Cape, South Africa, growing up in the Cederberg Mountain where her dad was doing leopard research in the area, and mom running wilderness camps for kids. She has assisted in large carnivore research, environmental education camps, as well as assisted on True Wild Safaris. 

She is currently in Grade 6 (2024/2025) living in Sonoma County, California.