After only 3 years of diving Barb was a veteran of the Andrea Doria, Wilkes Barre and the infamous mudhole wrecks of NJ. The following year she joined the Monitor team, led expeditions by 1993 and was key in opening that wreck to sport divers. Barb participated in the explorations of the U-869, Norness, Billy Mitchell, and Lusitania (1995). She is a PADI and IANTD instructor and certified as an NSS-CDS full cave diver and has published over 100 articles and photographs.