Vicky Beckham Smith, the owner of A-Z ANIMALS, is known as The Bat Lady. Some people even say she is batty! She is a former educator for both the Birmingham Zoo and Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge. As an environmental educator, Vicky teaches about a wide variety of topics including mammals, birds, reptiles, invertebrates, plants, and fossils. Her fascinating bat program is her favorite and most requested program reaching over 5,000 people a year in AL, GA, MS, FL, SC, KY, and NC. The Environmental Education Association of AL honored Vicky as the 2012 Best Educator of the Year. She received the 2017 and 2018 Georgia Bat Working Group’s President’s Choice Award. She serves as education chair for the AL Bat Working Group and is a member of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network participating in education programs and bat surveys. Vicky serves on the education committee of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Bat TAG (Taxonomy Advisory Group) helping produce teacher conservation kits for their work in Guam, Rota, Papua New Guinea, and Madagascar. The committee is currently working on BATS: A GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS for distribution to zoos. Vicky frequently shares her batty knowledge and passion through teacher workshops.