Valerie is the manager of Calypso - The Dive Shop. With 19 years experience as a diver, Valerie has been a Certified Instructor of Scuba Diving for 16 years. She holds Instructor status with two different Training Agencies: SSI and NASDS. In addition to the instruction of regular scuba classes, she is rated as Instructor for many Specialty Courses, and is an Instructor Trainer. Valerie was in the first group of Instructors for the Scuba Rangers, a Youth Development Program for youngsters age 8 through 12.
Valerie was awarded Instructor of the Year, North America/Midwest Region, for the Year 1995 by the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools. She is also a published Author in RODALE'S SCUBA DIVING magazine, OZARKS OUTDOORS periodical, SHOW ME THE OZARKS, and the State publication, WAKE UP TO MISSOURI.
Valerie has been photographed for Proper Dive Techniques and Procedures
for the internationally distributed Scuba Instruction Manual, DIVE SAFE.
She has been featured in numerous brochures and on the cover of DIVING
RETAILER. She is married and mother of three, all divers, of course!