Award Recipient

2019

PADI 4 Change Scuba Leadership Grant in Healing and Wellness, sponsored by PADI

Natalka MacKay

Natalka is a paramedic, military spouse, a PADI Instructor since 2011, and HSA Instructor since 2018. She is founder of the non-profit organization Under the Surface Scuba dedicated to empowering Canadian Military Veterans, RCMP, police, fire and paramedics who sustained mental and physical injuries on their road to recovery, through the therapeutic qualities of scuba diving. Believing that under water we are all equal, Natalka is excited to share her love of the ocean and scuba diving with many Canadians through her program.

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