About Me

I've been diving since 1997 after my roommate gave me a "try scuba" gift certificate at 5th Dimension Dive Center. After my first dive, I decided scuba was far more fun than a doctoral program in Kansas and stayed in Seattle and pursued my new passion. In my first year of diving I logged almost 250 dives! I was fortunate to learn to dive at 5th D under the guidance of Tom Brown, my OW instructor. 5th D provided me exceptional and very special mentors, buddies, and teammates. I was there as the store philosophy switched over to DIR diving and experienced the "evolution" first hand. I became more directly involved when I became a GUE Fundamentals instructor about 7 years ago, and I love teaching this course! I especially like sharing the finesse and safety that comes with GUE diving, I believe it enhances the entire diving experience... in safety, comfort, ease of movement, and protection of the environment due to greater awareness and skill level. I enjoy watching my students go on to Cave or Tech training and increase their exposure to the underwater worlds available to them. I was fortunate to spend almost a year employed at Brownie's Southport Divers in Fort Lauderdale, FL, before moving onto Cape Town, South Africa in November of 2004 where I basically enjoyed the experience of living abroad and pursued a year of incredible Pilates instruction and achieved my full Instructor rating. I've now returned home after an exceptional year in Cape Town to teach Pilates and work with friends & peers in the dive industry here in N. Central Florida.

Currently I work at Halcyon Manufacturing, Inc. and dive out of Extreme Exposure in High Springs, FL and am an active member, support diver and Project Coordinator for the Woodville Karst Plain Project.

My complete diving resume can be found by clicking here.

My Photography

I've been taking underwater photograph's for about 11 years now. Started with an Ikelite Aquashot and over the years, have graduated up to my current Light & Motion system. I've had my Tetra for about 2.5 or so years now. I shoot with my Nikon D70 on the surface but underwater my trusty Olympus 4040 in it's Tetra housing is a reliable partner and I look forward to capturing more underwater images to share. Click here for my photo gallery!