Behind the Lens

So, I spend most of my days hauling dive gear around, wet morning, noon, and night. I could do without the damn dive gear but couldn’t live without my seagoing friends.  I know every rock and sponge, on the local reefs, and tell my husband, that if he blindfold me and dropped me in the sea anywhere on the West End of St. Croix, within 10 minutes I could tell you exactly what dive site I was on.  It’s a life and world unimaginable, a strange existence that the normal recreational diver will never understand but I’m content in the fact that there is always tomorrow and another new adventure waiting for me under the sea.    

I'M STILL PISSED THAT I AM NOT A MERMAID but closer than most can ever imagine.  I think I’ll stay here awhile.

Born and raised in South Florida's culture of sand and sea, I'm a second-generation diver who started diving in the early 70s off the East Coast of Florida.  There, I was spoiled by the healthy growth of corals and marine life fed by the nutrient-rich Gulf Stream.  While Studying Environmental Sciences at FIT, Jensen Beach I developed my never-ending passion for underwater photography and have never put it aside.

Although the majority of my professional career was spent in the construction industry, I have never been able to leave the sea.  Upon retiring in 2006, my husband and I relocated to St. Croix, US Virgin Island, where I am now living the life I've always dreamed, diving every day, where my fascination and enthusiasm for the sea continues to grow.  As a full-time Scuba Instructor and Underwater Photographer with NEP2UNE Scuba Diving, I take every opportunity to introduce new divers to an amazing experience, and the experienced divers to the wonders of diving St. Croix.