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Earth Immersion is a family run business and we pride ourselves in training an extremely high level performing diver. Our new divers look like they have been diving for years. Our instructors understand that it is essential to give all students the proper foundation for them to be a safe, knowledgeable and successful scuba diver. During our summer camp, we do not outsource our dive training, the counselors are the dive instructors. Additionally, the owner is involved in the daily operations of the program, oversees all activities and is the lead dive instructor.
Scott Davenport, Owner, 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 and the American Academy of Underwater Sciences scientific diving course at Texas A&M University, as well as serving as the Interim Diving Safety Officer. After moving to Florida, Scott was the Program Director of another summer camp for several years. Most recently he was the founder and Director of an extremely popular SCUBA program at a Florida private school for seven years, and is now a science teacher at private school in Gainesville, Florida. He has over 25 years of teaching and summer camp experience leading diving expeditions in Florida, Texas, the Bahamas, Mexico and the Caribbean. Scott enjoys teaching people of all ages the value of safe and environmentally friendly scuba diving.
Jennifer Davenport, Director, has a MSc in Biology from Texas A&M University and a BS in Marine Biology from Ohio University. She has 30 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 20 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.
Summer camp staff
Linda Stevens, Program Director & SCUBA Instructor, has a B.S. in Marine Biology and a minor in Diving Technology and Methods from Texas A&M University. She has enjoyed diving for the past ten years in all sorts of environments from recreational lakes and the crystal clear Caribbean to the caverns in North Central Florida. She was a volunteer diver at Moody Gardens Aquarium and NOAA, and has experience as a diver working at the Houston Downtown Aquarium and with Space Center University. Now currently working as a High School Science Teacher, she loves being outdoors and enriching others lives through hands on educational experiences. This will be Linda's fifth year with Earth Immersion.
Linda Stevens, Program Director & SCUBA Instructor, has a B.S. in Marine Biology and a minor in Diving Technology and Methods from Texas A&M University. She has enjoyed diving for the past ten years in all sorts of environments from recreational lakes and the crystal clear Caribbean to the caverns in North Central Florida. She was a volunteer diver at Moody Gardens Aquarium and NOAA, and has experience as a diver working at the Houston Downtown Aquarium and with Space Center University. Now currently working as a High School Science Teacher, she loves being outdoors and enriching others lives through hands on educational experiences. This will be Linda's fifth year with Earth Immersion.
John Seabrook, Program Director & SCUBA Assistant Instructor, has been diving for 10 years and holds multiple recreational and technical certifications including his Assistant Instructor and Full Cave Diver certification. Most of his diving certifications were acquired through Earth Immersion and/or Scott Davenport. John has worked at the Houston Downtown Aquarium as a dive technician for four years. He conducted commercial dives while surrounded by sea life ranging from clownfish to a 21-foot long-tooth sawfish. Additionally, he participated in monthly drowning diver drills, which simulated real-life emergency scenarios and life-saving techniques. Since he began diving, he has acquired 1,000+ hours of underwater dive time. John is now living in Colorado going to flight school to become a commercial pilot. This will be his sixth year working with Earth Immersion.
Sofia Herrero, Assistant Instructor & Camp Counselor, is a student at Chaminade University of Honolulu currently studying Forensic Science. She is originally from Puerto Rico, but grew up in south Florida. She has been diving with Earth Immersion for the past five years in the tropical waters of Florida's springs, Keys and Bahamas. She earned her Divemaster and Assistant Instructor certifications with Earth Immersion and has worked with us for three years. When she isn't studying, Sofia enjoys surfing, traveling and spending time with her family.
Hope Leskowitz, Assistant Instructor & Camp Counselor, is currently studying Accounting at Texas A&M University. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She has earned numerous SDI recreational certifications, including Rescue Diver, through Earth Immersion as a past camper and recent staff member. Hope has traveled extensively and has lived abroad in Denmark. She is one who always has a positive outlook and can find fun in any situation. Besides diving, she enjoys taking care of plants, dancing, and spending time at the beach. This will be her third year working with Earth Immersion.
Interested in joining our team?
Preferred Qualifications: Scuba Instructors, Assistant Instructors or Dive Masters.
Please contact us for more details and how to apply.
Preferred Qualifications: Scuba Instructors, Assistant Instructors or Dive Masters.
Please contact us for more details and how to apply.