Jessica is the newly-appointed Assistant Dive Safety Officer at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, WA. She is passionate about marine conservation with a focus on sharks, and outreach to the local community. She has been diving since 2010 and last year received her PADI Open Water Instructor Certification. She owns JN SCUBA, teaching diving in Puget Sound. Jessica first became interested in dive safety when she was working as a scientific diver for the University of Washington and always strives to put diver safety as her number one priority.