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BY BECKY ANTIOCO / PHOTOS BY CLAUDIA JOHNSTONE

SPREADING HER WINGS Adriane Grimaldi educates and inspires at Butterfly Wonderland

“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” So the saying goes, attributed to many different people, including Mark Twain. But no matter the author, the sentiment rings true: work doing what you love, and it will seem more like play. That’s certainly the case for Adriane Grimaldi, the

director of education at Butterfly Wonderland, who has turned a lifelong passion for butterflies and more than 20 years of experience as a teacher into her dream job. Grimaldi’s childhood home in Southern California housed a tree that was a host for mourning cloak butterflies. As a child, she

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