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Flowery Branch native to study primates in Peru
West Hall graduate to conduct her research in Amazon rainforest
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Krista Banda reviews footage for a film project June 2014 on a trail on Emory University campus in Atlanta. Banda majored in anthropology and psychology, before heading to Central Washington University in Washington state for her master's degree. The Flowery Branch native will study primates and their diseases in the Amazon rainforest in Peru over a six-month period. - photo by Courtesy of Krista Banda
A six-hour plane ride to the small city of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, and a six-hour boat voyage downstream are all that separate Krista Banda from doing what she’s been working toward for years — studying two species of small monkeys in different parts of the Amazon rainforest. And the petite Flowery Branch native is looking forward to her six-month adventure, which will begin Thursday with a flight from Atlanta to Lima, Peru. From there, she will take a short flight, only an hour or two, in a smaller aircraft to the research site in Puerto Maldonado.