Amandine
Pereira (France) - Amandine is an NAUI
instructor and currently working at Fantasy
Island Resort in Roatan as an underwater
photographer. Because it is hard as a NAUI
instructor to find work in the caribbean she
will be crossing over to PADI.
George Allen (USA)
- George has been
floating around the states for about
four years doing the school thing. About
a year ago he realized that he wanted to pursue
a career in scuba diving. He moved home
to pay off his debt and save up for the
IDC training. He has been diving on and
off for 8 years, but is ready to get
serious with it and make it his career
for a while!
February
Jason Prine
(USA) Jason
decided to go pro in Aug
2008. He saved up until March 2009. Then
spent two months on Glovers Atoll, Belize
working on his Divemaster certification.
Hi is looking forward to having a good time
while learning to teach diving. Maybe pick
up a little more Spanish. Most importantly
find a job to work up enough money to get
his MSDT, then Staff Instructor. His
Ultimate Goal is to become a Dive
Instructor, Sailing Instructor, become a
certified Boat Captain and learn how to
Surf. Afterwards, float around and work on
the most beautiful islands and reefs of the
world!
Ricardo
Ramos (USA) - Ricardo
currently lives in Miami. He has some time
on his hands right now due to loosing his
job with Waste Management due to cut backs.
He is ready for a life style change and do
something he loves for a living. So he is
doing his Divemaster Internship with Subway
in December and then Instructor and MSDT and
later hopes to find a job some were. He is
really excited about this whole thing cant
wait to start!
Zeina Saad
(USA) -
Zeina is
from Oakland but has been living in New York City for 2 years and
has
found herself with a bit of free time and wanted to get away for a bit
during the blisteringly cold winter. She did her Divemaster
internship with Subway in January.
Sean
Branch (Canada) -
Sean is from Calgary but is currently
living in Halifax right now because he was going to school at
Dalhousie University. After wrecking his truck this past summer
driving back to Halifax (he hit an Elk, that’s another story) he
decided he wanted to do something crazy and fun and this is
definitely it.
Sean did his Divemaster internship with Subway in January.
March
James
McNab (UK) - James has worked as a chef in his home town for
the six months since graduating in law, He is looking for an adventure
which is as far away from either field as possible. Having learned to
dive in Australia, Thailand and Vietnam on a gap year between school and
university in 2006 he has unfortunately not been able to dive or travel
properly since. Now that he finally has the opportunity he is very
excited about revisiting a pastime which he have enjoyed a lot in the
past and hopefully pursuing it professionally. James has finished
his divemaster with Subway in February.
April
Gemma
Nye (England) - Gemma is currently working as a Secondary school Art and Photography
teacher in England, but has decided to take a career break and
follow one of her other big passions- diving. She spent a summer on a
Marine Conservation project on a small island off the coast of
Tanzania, and really loved it, diving and studying fish every day
and living in a hut on a beach. Now she wants to learn and do more. She
has completed her Divemaster course with Subway and now wants to
become an instructor and then use these new skills
while traveling more of the world.
Kris
Schuster (USA) - Kris
hails from the mid-west but currently calls Northern California
home.
He has a degree in Eco-tourism from Hocking College, and a Bachelors
in Hospitality Management from Ohio State. Kris began diving on
Andros Island, Bahamas at the Forfar field station while on a study
abroad and has continued his passion since. Highlights include
diving the cold waters of the pacific northwest, Lake Tahoe, and
cave diving in Mexico. Currently he is a seasonal foreman for
building and maintenance on a vineyard in northern California, but
was a sushi chef for the last six years. Kris is doing the
Divemaster internship with Subway in March.
July
Kini
Hiko (New Zealand) - Kini
is a New Zealand Maori who loves the water, especially
beneath the surface. He loves to dive and experience and see new
things every time. That is what got him hooked. He want to be a dive instructor because
he reckons it will be a
dream job, especially if you love to dive. It will be a dream to
wake up and actually want to go work... Everyday will be a different
experience and you get to share and teach your passion to others...
Ken Rusko (USA) - Ken
has always had a passion for two things, skiing and scuba diving.
Now he works in the winters as a ski instructor at Killington Ski
Resort in Vermont and is looking forward to teaching scuba in the
summers. He eventually wants to start a Ski and Scuba tour company.
He loves to share and teach the things he is passionate about.
September
Ray
Dustin (USA) - Ray has been working
in a steel mill for the last 6 years and decided that
the work is not what he wants to do for the rest of his life. So he
joined Subway Watersports in Roatan for his Divemaster internship
and now wants to
become a scuba instructor.
Erika Fadden
(USA) - Erika
is a
graduate from Clemson University in May with a degree in
Recreation and Tourism Management. She did a Divemaster internship
with Subway earlier this year and decided that she wants to become
an instructor. The fact that she loves the
ocean, is infatuated with fish, and wants to live on an island the
rest of her life really had little to do with her decision.
October
Jose
Bernal (Ecuador) - Jose grew up next to ocean and was diving since
2005, in the same year he achieved his Dive Master certification.
Since his first open water dive after finishing the course he got it
clear that he wants to share this with as many people as he possibly
can and the best way is to become an instructor. He worked in
scientific diving assisting in some Marine Biology projects and has
also experience as a Dive Master.
Trevor
Timmer (Australia) - Trevor did his
Divemaster internship with Subway in 2008
and now returns to become an instructor. He
has worked at many places around the world
but mainly in ski resorts in the US.
November
Craig Nutting (USA)
- Craig lives in Colorado by Winter Park Ski Resort and has been
teaching snow boarding in the winter for the past 13 years. He also
taught high school science and math for public and private schools
for about 10 years too. He is looking for a change so decided to
pursue diving more. He got his Dive Master cert. in February in
Cozumel.