PADI® has announced the newest AmbassaDivers on the 2022 team, selected for their passion and dedication to protect our blue planet.

“In each of their own unique ways, our new AmbassaDivers stand out and lead by example, inspiring others to step up, pursue their passion and protect our blue planet,” says Kristin Valette Wirth, Chief Brand and Membership Officer for PADI Worldwide. “We are thrilled to have them join us as motivating forces both in their communities and across the globe, joining together to seek adventure and save the ocean.”

Initially launched in 2015, PADI’s AmbassaDiver program sets out to amplify the personal stories of exemplary divers who inspire others to love and care for our ocean planet. PADI AmbassaDivers are part of a global team committed to bringing awareness to social and environmental issues facing our planet and encouraging more people to experience, explore and protect the underwater world.

“This year’s esteemed group highlights the diversity and commitment that it will take to safeguard the world’s largest and most important ecosystem. From PADI Mermaids giving a voice to the ocean to teens committed to invoking real change in their communities, they are all true advocates for our blue planet and are helping us create one billion PADI Torchbearers,” continues Valette Wirth.

PADI welcomes the following individuals to the 2022 AmbassaDiver roster:

Brandee Anthony:  a professional mermaid from Vero Beach, Florida who shares her passion and joy for all things ocean with 1.7 million social media followers inspiring others to fall in love with the world underwater.

Alexa Fernando: a Philippine-Canadian digital storyteller based in Baja California Sur, who is passionate about inspiring other women of color to get below the surface and start a life-changing career as a PADI Professional.

Julia Aveline Rabenjoro: at only 14 years old, she is inspiring the next generation to take the lead protecting our blue planet, becoming both a PADI Junior Rescue Diver and a PADI Basic Freediverä and founding the Seed of Hope Facebook page to inspire others to join her local conservation efforts in Malaysia.

Kirana Larasati: a professional actress who turned her love for the ocean into a full-time career as a PADI Open Water Instructor in Indonesia, with ambitious goals that include becoming a certified cave diver.

Zandile Ndhlovu: an ocean conservationist, diversity and inclusion advocate, and passionate storyteller from Cape Town, South Africa, who founded The Black Mermaid Foundation to create more diverse ocean lovers, making the seas accessible to everyone.

Madeline St Clair: an award-winning marine biologist and cinematographer from Bristol, UK who has dedicated her life to elevating female voices for the ocean, founding Women in Ocean Science and filming a documentary about the climate change in the Arctic.

Rachel Moore: a PADI Divemaster and sailor from California who has traveled the world logging over 2,000 dives, many in some of the most remote areas of the world, and works as a National Park Service Research Diver using her skills to help protect the planet.

Pier Nirandara: a bestselling author, Hollywood film producer and underwater photographer from Bangkok, Thailand who has traveled to all seven continents to lead photography expeditions for divers hopes to bring light to the fragile ecosystems of the planet and our responsibility to protect it.

Chris Foisey: a professional Scuba Instructor from Ontario, Canada who seeks adventure in every environment from 200-year-old shipwrecks in Canada to underwater caves in Florida and documents it all on the Modern Diver Channel.

Taghrid Alhowish: a television star in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who includes her underwater adventures—like diving with 100+ whale sharks—on the Middle East’s most prominent TV Channel, MBC1 in hopes of inspiring others to join her as a PADI Diver.

Alannah Vellacott: a marine ecologist and ocean advocate who has spent the last decade in marine research and conservation in the Bahamas as a Coral Restoration Specialist at Coral Vita—the world’s first land-based, commercial coral farm.

Miho Sakai: a prominent news broadcaster in Tokyo, Japan who is a “spokesperson” for the ocean, sharing her own experiences to raise awareness about the current health of the planet—specifically the importance of water and sewage systems after witnessing firsthand the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Kanamori Hou and Kanamori Hiromu: twin Youtubers from Tokyo, Japan who have over garnered over 4.3 billion views for their channel Ridiculously Cool Daily vlog, in which they document their journey to become PADI Divemasters and their resulting underwater adventures.

Learn more about the PADI AmbassaDiver team here. Follow PADI on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to keep up to date on their ongoing projects, dive adventures and conservation efforts throughout the year.

Source: www.divenewswire.com