Patricia Mauldin
Title: PADI Divemaster/Social Media & Web Design for ZooKeeper
Association, Company, Affiliations: PADI, DAN & Women Diver Hall of Fame
Location: Sunrise, Florida
Your favorite quote: “We live where most vacation, and we are lucky to have such diverse scuba diving at our fin-gertips.”
Your message or mission statement: Patricia’s commitment and one of the many goals of the ZooKeeper team is to continue supporting conservation projects, scientific studies, and promoting the assault on Lionfish, which has such a devastating effect on our ecosystem and marine life.
The entire ZooKeeper team also has a passion for debris cleanup and the overall protection of our underwater environment.
The team wholeheartedly agrees to:
- Mind our Carbon Footprint and Reduce Energy Consumption.
- Make Safe, Sustainable Seafood Choices.
- Use Fewer Plastic Products.
- Help Take Care of the Beach.
- Don’t Purchase Items That Exploit Marine Life.
- Be an Ocean-Friendly Pet Owner.
- Support Organizations Working to Protect the Ocean.
Passion Lead Us Here!
The Future of Lionfish Ends with ZooKeeper.
The entire ZooKeeper team also has a passion for debris cleanup and the overall protection of our underwater environment.
Your latest endeavors and where they take place: We have a few things in the works with products and improvements. The ones we are working on now will be revealed at DEMA in November. Can’t tell you! :)
What efforts are you most proud of? Patricia’s most proud of the ZooKeeper Team as a whole. Over the past year since taking over ownership, it’s been an experience. Supply chain issues, new molded funnels breaking, and not enough hours in the day. Each team member has a “day job” and has to stay on top of any issues and all the customer orders. Patricia feels lucky to have such a fin-tastic team.
Anything else you’d like us to know? Patricia moved to South Florida as a teenager, had her son, Dominic, and never plans to live anywhere else ever. She says, “We live where most vacation, and we are lucky to have such diverse scuba diving at our fin-gertips.” Her variety of experiences in operations and customer service assists her in excelling in learning whatever is thrown her way to help people. As part of the Team, Patricia’s “day” job and team duties are to help manage the website and social media platforms. Her dream job, she says, is “anything to do with vacation dive destinations and sharing the experience with people.” Patricia and Tim have been dating for 10 adventurous years. They both love to travel, diving, sporting events, concerts and their dog Louie (Robinson). They even met at a hockey game! During her spare time, while she and Tim aren’t on vacation, she loves to dive close to home and play on Tik Tok.
Patricia started her diving experiences a little later than the rest in 2019 due to anxiety and equalization complications. Just after a year and a half she completed her Divemaster certification and can’t stay out of the ocean. Her passion for scuba diving and ocean conservation is part of her everyday life.
Need a buddy? She’s in! Contact her to discuss. #NarcedMermaid
