I have retired the tank for the last couple of weeks to plunge into the realm of freediving. I flew into Kona, Hawaii to join Ryan Reed of Performance Freediving Academy for 20 intense days of training. Performance Freediving Academy, started in 2000, is one of the leading freediving schools globally. Their founder Kirk Krack […]

As the recipient of the Rolex scholarship, one of the questions I was often asked was “Where in the world do you want to dive the most?” For me, it was hands down the Revillagigedo Archipelago. This group of four islands 230 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas is a site of aggregation and cleaning […]

I am Back in La Paz! I returned to dabble in Tec Diving with Luke Inman at Cortez Expeditions. Luke has been involved with the Scholarship society for years, and has lived here in La Paz for the past 20. As an instructor with many different certifying agencies like PADI, TDI, IANTD etc. with over […]

As a prospective scientist one of my goals for this year was to narrow my field of view for the future!  I have always had a fascination with genomics and the fact that any one of our cells can tell us so much information about our surroundings and ourselves.  I am interested in finding an […]

Español As I have learnt over and over again, the direct involvement of local communities is a vital facet of affecting change and conservation. Nowhere I have been reflects this more than here in Baja California (BCS). Before the 1920s, Mexico’s waters were filled with fishing vessels from more powerful countries fishing with no regulations. […]