Micah Siegel is a 12-year-old student in Bethesda, Maryland. Half the time, he lives with his father, David, and brother, Shai. The other half, they live with their mom in Washington, DC. Micah is an avid videogamer and loves to exercise. He loves taking long walks up to ten miles. He loves to ski, ride his bike, skateboard, and go kayaking. In the summer of 2023, he went with his dad and brother on a 31-mile wilderness hike in a remote forest in Pennsylvania. He has been to the Galapagos islands, the Amazon rainforest, Canary islands, Switzerland, London, Amsterdam, and the Bahamas. He has been river rafting on the middle fork of the Salmon river in Idaho and on two other daylong rafting adventures.

Micah loves animals and wants to help them. In May 2023, he and his father started a podcast, Nature’s Guardians, to tell the stories of humans working to save and help animals around the world. This has been a great adventure. Each week he talks with someone around the world and learns about the issues that person faces in trying to save animals, preserve their habitat, or improve their lives.

In September, 2023, Micah and his dad received a $10,000 grant from Tyler Cowen’s Emergent Ventures. With that money, he and his dad and brother will go to South Africa and Botswana in spring 2024 to go on safari and make documentary films of people helping animals. His goal is to get a deal with a studio to produce a series, where he goes out on location to document the amazing work of conservationists worldwide.

Micah is also concerned about demand for animals and animal parts. People want exotic pets, exotic skins, and body parts of animals who would be better off keeping those items to themselves.

Micah has been vegan since summer 2023. His brother has been mostly vegan his entire life. His dad has been vegan for a bit longer.