Summer Scuba Camp Staff
Interested in joining our team? Preferred Qualifications: Scuba Instructors, Assistant Instructors or Dive Masters. Please contact us for more details and how to apply.
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, 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. He was the founder and Director of an extremely popular SCUBA program at a Florida private school. Scott also taught school (biological sciences) to middle and high schoolers for for over 15 yrs. He has over 20 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 25 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 15 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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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 nine 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 fourth 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 fifth 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 four years in the tropical waters of Florida's springs and Keys. She earned her Divemaster and Assistant Instructor certifications with Earth Immersion and has worked with us for two years. When she isn't studying, Sofia enjoys surfing, traveling and spending time with her family.
Hope Leskowitz, Rescue Diver & 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.