Dori Bishop likes to say her life began at age 11.That was the year she and her family moved to Gainesville, the same year she got her first horse.Over the years her love of horses continued to grow as did her passion for education.Bishop worked as a kindergarten teacher at Enota Elementary School in the early 1990s.She was asked to bring one of her ponies to the school for the students to see. She said that was where the idea for her business Pony Perfect Party began. She has been educating children and adults about animals and agriculture since 1994.
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