We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/6000x4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F34%2F363dbb9a463db48c298e0329aa30%2Frharlan-khalibkeith-dx1a0935.jpg' alt='Khalib Townsend, 7, meets with his mentor and conservation scientist Keith Russell at the Audubon Discovery Center in Philadelphia.'/><p>NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.</p><p>(Image credit: Beck Harlan for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5758054' />