Certified: 2005

Training includes: With PADI: Open Water, Rescue, Advanced, Master, Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, Instructor - Specialties: Boat, Altitude, Drift, Deep, Underwater Navigator, Night, Project Aware, Multi-level, Equipment, Peak

Can teach with SSI: Open Water, Snorkel, Dive Guide, Marine Ecology, Perfect Buoyancy, Science of Diving, Stress & Rescue, Advanced Open Water, React Right, Enriched Air Nitrox, Scuba Explorer, Night and Limited Visibility, Boat, Deep.

Why I teach: 1) I enjoy diving, and the best way to keep your skills sharp is to teach.  2) I love introducing this sport to new divers. Opening up their world.

Why Join Coral Key Scuba: Have been with the shop since I started diving.  And Freddy runs the best shop in Denver.

Favorite Dive location: Hard to say.  A bad day diving beats a good day working. There are so many favorites,  each and every one has its own special place.  Cozumel is close and cheap, and great diving with big fish, crabs and lobsters.  St. Croix has the pier.  Hawaii has indiginous life, lava, whales, is relatively close, and  you don't need to change money. The Bahamas have sharks.  Bermuda has wrecks. Thailand has more types of clown fish than anywhere, and the coral is spectacular on the uninhabited and rarely dived islands. Fiji has beautiful coral, and the most impressive array of Damsal fish anywhere. Indonesia has so many different types of fish and ocean life, from Mantis Shrimp to  Wobbegong sharks.  My favorite dive location is usually the next exciting place I am going to dive (and it might even be a high-altitude lake in Colorado.)

Bucket list Location: Australia and New Zealand

Bio: I like bicycling.  I love diving physics and ocean chemistry; but most of all I love to travel.