Riley grew up on the beaches of Santa Cruz and now attends the Marine Diving Technology program at Santa Barbara City College. Ever since she learned about commercial diving as a career, she has been pursuing it with a passion. The opportunity to combine her love of diving, physical work, and creative problem-solving perfectly suits her personality and ambition. Her school days are filled with classes on underwater cutting and welding, mixed gas diving, saturation diving, hydraulics, and her favorite—surface-supplied ocean diving. Riley strives to be an asset to many commercial dive projects in her future.