Award Recipient

2019

PADI Young Explorer Dive Training Grant, sponsored by PADI (Professional Association of 
Diving Instructors)

Erin Schneider

Erin started diving at age 14 and has logged nearly 100 dives in the last three years. She attends Temecula Valley High School where she founded the Scuba and Ocean Conservation Club and served as its President for the last three years. Erin is also a founding member of the TVHS BioSustainability Club, which was added to her high school’s curriculum in 2018-2019. She works at her local dive shop, is immersed in the local dive community, and continues to learn. Erin aspires to study marine science in college and become a Dive Master and scuba instructor.

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