Summer Scuba Camp Staff
Scott Davenport, Director, has a BS in Marine Fisheries Biology from Texas A&M University. He holds multiple Recreational, Technical, and Cave Instructor ratings with SDI/TDI, PADI and NASE. He taught recreational SCUBA courses, American Academy of Underwater Sciences scientific diving course, and was the Interim Diving Safety Officer at Texas A&M University. After moving to Florida, Scott was the Program Director for a summer camp. Most recently he was the founder and Director of an extremely popular SCUBA program at a Florida private school. He has over 15 years of summer camp experience and leading expeditions like these. Scott enjoys teaching people of all ages the value of safe and environmentally friendly scuba diving.
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Jennifer Davenport, Director, has a MSc in Biology from Texas A&M University and a BS in Marine Biology from Ohio University. She has over 20 years of diving experience, many of which she served as a Dive Master assisting scuba classes with children and young adults. She has over 10 years experience working with children of all ages as a gymnastics instructor and an environmental education instructor at various camps located throughout the country. For the past 10 years she has worked as an Aquatic Biologist identifying and describing species of aquatic invertebrates from both marine and freshwater systems including many of Florida's pristine springs. She enjoys exploring and hiking around Florida's springs and trails with her family.
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Patrick Hales, Program Director / Instructor, is originally from England and has lived and traveled all over the world. He has been diving since he was six years old and has completed many dives ranging from the warm tropical waters of the Florida Keys and springs, to the dark and cold waters of European quarries. Patrick is an SDI and PADI instructor and holds numerous recreational and technical dive certifications including cave diver. Patrick has been a part of Earth Immersion and Scott Davenport’s programs for six years, since he was a freshman in high school. The past three years he has worked alongside Scott educating young individuals about the safe, proper way to scuba dive and the natural wonders of North Central Florida. Besides teaching scuba, Patrick has spent time volunteering on the remote island of Montserrat, where he carried out reef surveys for an award-winning NGO specializing in marine conservation. Most recently he has spent time in Dubai teaching scuba classes during breaks from his university studies. When Patrick isn’t diving, he is studying physical oceanography at The University of Bangor Wales, U.K.
Gracie Lookadoo, Dive Master-In-Training, Counselor, studies music technology and digital arts at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Gracie grew up in the mountainous upstate of South Carolina, but every summer, her family would spend a few weeks at the beach. She fell in love with the ocean, so when she was given the opportunity to dive at the start of college, she jumped on it. She started diving her freshman year through the university's scuba club, Hatters Down Under, and has since been one of its most active and involved executive board members. She's spent most of her bottom time in Florida's springs and east coast ocean dive sites, like Pompano's wrecks, Memorial Reef, and the Keys. In March, Gracie visited Roatan, Honduras, where she had the opportunity to explore the Mesoamerican Reef. She received her Advanced Adventure certification with Earth Immersion. Gracie works two jobs during the school year - one as Executive Director of Stetson's radio station, and the other as Crew Chief of the music school's sound crew. When she's not diving, you can probably find her at the nearest rock concert, in the radio station, or in the recording studio working on her latest album.
Sarah Ho-Sing-Loy, Counselor, is currently a student at the University of Tampa, majoring in Marine Biology. Despite being New Hampshire raised, she lived in the Florida Keys until she was three, getting her fill of snorkeling and diving through her father’s dive shop located off of Tavernier Creek. Sara received her Advanced Adventure certification with Earth Immersion. She has also interned at dive training agencies, and has volunteered at the 2017 Diving Equipment and Marketing Association show in Orlando. One of her most memorable dives was in the Keys, diving the wreck of the Eagle and swimming its perimeter. Sarah has had a wide variety of jobs, including working as a recreation councilor, library clerk, and line cook, filling up her summers with hard work and skill building. When she’s not studying or diving, you can find Sarah hanging around in good company, watching cartoons, or learning to play the various instruments at her disposal.