James is a ninth grader at PATHS(Professional and Technical High School) in Kissimmee, Florida.  He is dual enrolled with Valencia College and has plans to start lab assistant certification at Osceola Technical College in two years. He is involved in an organization for teenagers called SCUBAnauts, which teaches useful dive skills like dive safety and works to keep our oceans clean and healthy. James has always dreamed of being an animal trainer at SeaWorld, but he needs to be scuba certified, which this dive training grant will allow him to do.

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