Janelle, one of the co-founders of MERROW Foundation, hails from South Florida and grew up in and around the water, salt and fresh. She learned to dive at the age of 16 when her brother signed her up for lessons because he wanted a dive buddy. A little skeptical at first, it wasn’t until she met Jason and they decided to go on a SCUBA honeymoon that the SCUBA bug really hit! They have traveled and dived all over the world!

We have dived in freshwater springs, like the Te Waikoropupu Springs (Pupu Springs) in New Zealand!

Coastal oceans of South Africa, Australia, Japan, Moorea, North Carolina, Honduras, Cuba, Mexico…

And estuaries and back bays conducting science diving in all of these environments!

When we first started, there was no training that we could take and we had lots of “On-the-job” training. We often thought it would have been nice if someone could have provided the basics for conducting science diving…hence the reason behind MERROW Foundation!