Susan Hieter

PADI MSDT, Lionfish Hunter and Jewelry/Accessories Maker

Association, Company, Affiliations: Lionfintastic and JADS Dive Center, Aruba

Location: Aruba

Your favorite quote: Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

Your message or mission statement: To enjoy everyday possible and doing what you love!

Your latest endeavors and where they take place: PADI MSDT and Lionfish Hunter/Jewelry and Accessories maker on the island of Aruba.

What efforts are you most proud of? Starting my own business (Lionfintastic) of Lionfish Jewelry and Accessories on the island of Aruba. Facebook page –Lionfintastic and my Etsy shop Lionfintastic: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Lionfintastic

Anything else you’d like us to know? I was a marine science, chemistry and biology teacher for 28 years in Pennsylvania, Aruba, Guam and Ecuador. For the past 5 years I have been working as a PADI MSDT at JADS Dive Center in Aruba and loving every minute of it. I have been diving in the Red Sea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji, South Africa, Maldives, Galapagos and all over the Caribbean Sea.