Team Member Hub

Here, you’ll find articles, links, and insights to help you understand why Growing Character is so important. Thank you for all you do to continue making Thanksgiving Point an amazing place to work and visit!

Our Butterfly Biosphere Guest Services Team helps bring hands-on STEM learning to life every day. By creating welcoming experiences, sparking curiosity, and encouraging guests to explore the fascinating world of insects and ecosystems, they turn simple visits into opportunities for discovery. Their passion for learning and commitment to exceptional guest experiences help inspire the next generation of scientists, problem-solvers, and lifelong learners. We are grateful for their outstanding work!

• I feel like my life is all about bugs, even outside of work. I love helping guests overcome fears and build their curiosity in bugs. My little family (husband and son) love to explore together. We are currently raising a baby mantis at home and collect lots of other bugs. We also have a box turtle that lives in our backyard that we’ve had for 20+ years and two guinea pigs named Momo and Poppy.

• I’m Keith Hill, the assistant manager at the butterfly biosphere. I’ll be honest I don’t do a whole lot, but I am a major nerd. I’m very into Jurassic Park and Marvel, I also have deep love for the live action Cat in the Hat movie. It’s probably the funniest movie ever made and I will die on that hill. I genuinely quote it all the time. Also my favorite food is probably shrimp (don’t tell the entomologists please).

• I’m so grateful for the awesome team I have here! Everyone is so kind, considerate, and fun to work with. I also love that I get the opportunity to work with the bugs and insects here, I’ve always been an avid enjoyer of the natural world, and I love sharing that joy with our guests. When I’m not at work, you can usually find me at home drawing, playing video games, or curled up under the blankets with a good book.

• I am a senior shift lead at Butterfly. I am responsible for the closing shift and everything that comes with it. I enjoy helping all guests as they learn new things. When I am not at work I enjoy reading and writing, usually both. I also spend my free time watching crime documentaries or just hanging out with my dog, Lobo.

• I’m a collector, artist, and animal lover! I have owned many different animals throughout my life but currently I have 13 pet tarantulas! My favorite pass time is making art or crafting! (Beading is my current favorite) another hobby of mine is collecting Littlest Pet Shop toys and I have collected them my whole life. I have over 2,000 at the moment. I’m also a big fan of anything spooky! Horror movies, Halloween, spiders…you name it!

• As a Lead, I make sure tasks are getting done and guests are taken care of. As a program-certified Explorer, I engage and teach guests, building their confidence, curiosity, and compassion. When I am not working, I am either tearing it up on the court playing volleyball or basketball. I love to read all kinds of books, and I love to draw and paint.

• While I have worked at Thanksgiving Point I have found that my favorite thing to do is helping others as a Lead. What I like to do for fun is collect Legos, play sports and learn new games. My favorite kind of food is sushi and empanadas. Places I love to travel to are tropical places and cabins in the mountains. The things I love most in life are my friends, family and God.

• I am a huge beetle nerd and am currently keeping a titan stag and chief Goliath beetle as pets (if you follow thanksgiving point on social media you may have even seen my pet stag driving a little car on a recent post). I also love math, and will be starting a master’s degree in bioinformatics in the fall, where I hope to do research in genetics. When I am not focused on schooling I love to write classical music, read, and furnish my animal crossing island.

• I have always loved working at the biosphere, and my favorite thing to do at work is spend time in the conservatory and help answer people’s questions. Some of my hobbies include drawing, baking, going on walks, and spending time outside. My favorite food is Italian food, and I love brownies and chocolate anything. I have always wanted to travel to Hawaii someday and I love going somewhere warm on vacations.

• I love to spend my free time outdoors birdwatching and looking for bugs! If I’m not with my friends, I’m with my partner Sam, we love to go camping, go on road trips, and spend time with our kitty Beezee. I look forward to learning more every day and I’m excited for every new opportunity. I’m truly grateful to be apart of such an amazing community at the biosphere, it’s such a wonderful group of people lifting each other up and working together. And I’m especially grateful to be able to share my love and passion for wildlife with our guests sparking curiosity about our natural world.

• I’ve been here at Thanksgiving Point since February, and I already love what I do! When I’m not working, I am reading, singing, or spending time with my talking/singing pet parrot Leo! I was never a huge bug person before working here, but now I will proudly talk about holding butterflies and cockroaches with just about anyone I meet!

• I have a passion for all things animals and am majoring in Zoology with emphasis on education and wildlife conservation. General hobbies include; video/board/card games, playing/listening to music, exploring the outdoors, eating out to try new dishes, scuba diving, being lazy, and playing minigolf. Born in Florida, but raised in Utah. I regularly stay at the snowbird resort every year with my family. One of my favorite places that I have been to has been on the Mediterranean Sea to visit some of the islands and the surrounding lands to explore their culture and ancient historical sites. My favorite genre is around fantasy/sci-fi and the supernatural. Also a black belt in MMA.

• Abby has loved organizing the community insect collection for butterfly’s trading post. Her favorite bugs are wasps which surprises people. Wasps are super underrated. Abby does not like to eat insects, but she respects people who do. She will be attending UVU to study art education in the fall.

• I love getting to talk with kids about the world around them. I just graduated in biology education from Utah State. I love doing laser engraving on wood and playing board games with my fiancé. My favorite food is anything chocolate.