Meet our team

Deborah was born in the USA but raised in Colombia, South America. A tennis scholarship took her back to the US to study at the University of Texas from where she graduated in Architecture. Ten years later, an architecture job got her to move to Cozumel and six months later, her fascination and love of the ocean inspired her to open Deep Blue in 1996. She loves meeting people from all over the world and exchanging dive stories. She is a Black Belt in Tae-Kwon-Do, an avid pickleball player, and swimmer, and lives with her son and 3 dogs.

Alex has been a boat captain for 16 years. He has been with Deep Blue for 2 years now. Before Deep Blue, he worked for Aquaworld.  
Alex was born in Oaxaca, a state famous for its cheese!  He moved to Cozumel at the age of 27.  
Alex is married, and has no children.  He loves soccer and has played in soccer leagues.

His primary responsibilities are cleaning the equipment after dives, ensuring all regulators are in working order, sizing equipment for divers, and making sure all equipment is transferred to the boats for diving and back to the shop.
David was born in Merida, Mexico. He has lived in Cozumel for the past 15 years.  He is married and has 3 adult children, and 3 grandchildren ranging from 4-16 years old.
In his spare time, David likes doing metalwork, home improvements and repairs, but most of all spending time with his family.

She is in charge of coordinating dive and snorkel trips and instruction, and accounting and administrative functions since 2021. She has worked at other dive shops before like Aqua Safari where she spent 4 years as a Sales Agent.
She was born and raised in Cozumel, where she is continuing her education at the University of Quintana Roo.  She is also an English teacher to adults and children.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, baking, exercising, and riding her bike. 

She was born in Nebraska but lived in Oklahoma from the age of 10. She came to Cozumel on vacation in 1998 and did her first snorkel and discover scuba dive and fell in love with it! When she returned to the US she got Open Water certified. She then decided to become a Dive Master and Instructor in 2015. She worked as an assistant instructor at Blue Water Divers in Oklahoma City where there was only lake diving.

Prior to her scuba career, Gigi was a registered respiratory therapist for a little over 20 years. She wanted a change, so then decided to focus on scuba diving. She then decided to move to Cozumel part-time in 2016, then 2 years later became a full-time resident.

Gigi enjoys most water sports and rowed competitively for 8 years prior to her move to Cozumel. On her days off she enjoys road trips to the Yucatan, going to the beach, spending time with friends, and volunteering at the hyperbaric chamber.
She has 2 children and 3 grandchildren all living in Oklahoma.

He comes to Deep Blue from Cozumel Scuba Club where he worked for the last 3 years.  Prior to that, he worked for Sand Dollar Sports for 11 years.
Julio was born in Veracruz, Mexico, and came to Cozumel with his family in 1986.  His family still resides in Cozumel. 
He started diving when he was 16 years old and got certified at Aqua Safari which was sponsored by a generous American that must have seen Julio's potential.  He got his Dive Master certification 1  year later but had to wait until the following year when he turned 18 to be able to work.
In his free time, he enjoys spending time in the gym lifting weights, which makes loading tanks a bit easier when you have some muscles!  When he can, his favorite place to visit is Chiapas.

Juls joined Deep Blue in November 2023 as a full time Dive Master and Instructor after freelancing with us for a few years. 
Juls was born in Mexico City where he lived until he was 18.  He then moved to La Paz, B.C.S to attend the AUBCS (University in La Paz), where he earned his degree in Alternative Tourism.
He started diving and got his open water certification at age 18.  He then went on to get his Dive Master and Instructor certification in Cozumel and started working in the dive industry in 2013.  He went back and forth from Cozumel to Baja California for several years working as a DM and instructor and at times working on live aboards in Baja.
Juls is single and waiting for the right lady to come along!
His (high adrenaline) hobbies include:  highlining (picture attached below), rock climbing, roller blading, and sky diving.

Lorena, from Guadalajara, came to live in Cozumel in 1996 after studying Education at the university. Never having visited Cozumel before she moved here to be with her boyfriend, who was working on the island as a scuba diving instructor.
Although always loving the ocean Lorena had never even tried scuba diving before. On the afternoon she arrived here she went on her first dive and became completely hooked.
Lorena started work as a photographer on the Fury catamarans. During her time there, she realized a talent and passion for photography. Three years later she went to work as an underwater videographer producing hundreds of underwater videos and photos for tourists to take a great memento of their vacation.
She created and ran her our production company until she decided to take a six-month sabbatical to travel in India. In Poona, India she learned Tai Chi, meditation and various forms of dance.
She has managed dive shops, helped open beach restaurants, supervised construction, and still found the time to have 2 boys she hauled around with her everywhere. Not surprisingly both Lorena`s sons have grown up with a love of the outdoors and the sea.
In 2016 Deborah invited Lorena to work for Deep Blue at the front desk and she has been with us ever since. As well as manning the front desk, Lorena helps answer emails and has assisted Deborah creating policy guides that are used by all the employees of Deep Blue. When requested she takes underwater photos and videos for clie

Carlos was born in Merida, the capital of the Yucatan.  He moved to Cozumel with his family when he was 5 years old.  His parents are both of Mayan descent and his mom was actually born in Cozumel.  Carlos has 3 sisters and 4 brothers, all living in Cozumel.  
Carlos has been married for 26 years, and he and his wife have 2 grown children both living in Cozumel.
Prior to Deep Blue, he worked as a Captain for several other dive shops in Cozumel.  Prior to becoming a Captain in 1986, he was a Dive Master for 30 years!  Talk about a Captain that knows the reefs!
When he can, Carlos likes to travel to the Yucatan. He also enjoys dancing, many types of music, and a nice bowl of pozole!