When Ruth was a young girl, her great-grandfather and grandfather used to take her fishing for scallops. She remembers one day when it was too cold to dive, telling her grandparents that when she became a diver, she would dive for them so theywouldn’t have to suffer in the cold. Ruth works for OPRE (Organización de Pescadores Rescatando La Ensenada), and she wants to participate in fishery evaluations and underwater cleanings. She and five other women are a part of the Board of Directors of OPRE, which co-manages the Estero San Martín wetlands located in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Ruth has taken courses in wetsuit repair, currently helps the fishermen in her community repair their wetsuits, and will be teaching a wetsuit repair workshop in other fishing communities so that other fishermen will be able to repair the wetsuits that are essential for their livelihood.