Among her qualifications, Cristina is a PADI Course Director, NSS-CDS Advanced Cave Diving Instructor and a TDI mixed gas instructor and she specializes in the Shark Handling courses and interactive dives

First introduced to the beauty of Ben’s Cavern by her mentor and inspiration Ben Rose she returned to it years later as a full cave diver and explorer and she volunteered her time to produce a more current map of the system.

Through that work and other exploration work she found some interesting facts about our island cave systems and the impending need to protect them.

Her field work with sharks and caves allows her to bring to the surface a unique prospective on life with a conservation approach to our relationship with this Planet and other people.

She works as Director of Training at the Underwater Explorers Society and shares her time between teaching at all levels, primarily professionals, working with sharks and exploring and mapping different systems on this island and other locations in the world.

Her biggest passion is teaching and sharing with the new and younger generations, offering support, training and mentorship.

Cristina has been inducted in the Women Divers Hall of Fame,  the Explorers Club, the Ocean Artists Society and she is a Platinum Pro 5000 recipient.