Graham was born in Jackson Hole, WY but moved to California as a child. At the age of eight snorkeling in Grand Cayman, he noticed a group of divers exploring a wreck deep below. He remembers well the feeling of the bubbles rising to the surface and bursting against his skin. He realized he had to be down there. After eighteen years on the ocean, Graham moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado and study marketing and entrepreneurship. His love for traveling and the ocean have led him to dive destinations all over the world. His favorites include Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Cocos Island and the Caribbean.

The seed for Ocean First Divers was planted in the summer of 2005 after returning from a trip to Blackbird Caye in Belize. Graham wanted a way to continue exploring the reefs of the world while protecting the environment he loves. Over the course of the next fifteen months, he worked diligently to create a company that embodies the qualities of people who love diving and the ocean with the worthy goal of preserving our reefs for generations to come.

Amy has been swimming and snorkeling for as long as she can remember. Her first experience was snorkeling with her family at Playa de los Gatos in Mexico when she was 2. From that point on she was hooked. Amy has been fortunate to have spent the majority of her life traveling around the world with her family. She has lived in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Singapore and has visited numerous other countries as well.

Amy first became certified in 1991 and is now a PADI Master Instructor. She experienced her first open water in the Coral Sea off the coast of eastern Australia.

Amy is the operations manager at Ocean First Divers. Her favorite part about diving is coming across the unexpected while diving, observing the behaviors of marine creatures, and exploring new countries. There is nothing more amazing than having a special encounter with an animal on a dive! Amy has been with the team since March of 2000.

Sage grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Whether it was surfing, sailing or snorkeling, he started very early in life, spending the majority of his time on the ocean. Sage’s first experience scuba diving was at the tender age of twelve when he got certified in the Florida Keys. The first dive was all it took; his life was never the same.  Sage became a PADI Instructor as soon as he could and his scuba career has taken him from a divemaster on a glass-bottom boat in Florida all the way to Course Director at one of the largest Career Development Centers in the country. Sage also managed scuba operations at resorts in the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos.

As Director of Training, Sage supervises all educational programs at Ocean First Divers. When he is not in the world of scuba, Sage can be found at CU working towards his High School Teaching certification.

Sacha had her first ocean experiences as a toddler in Mexico and France and quickly became fascinated by its expansive beauty. At the age of seven while on a family trip in Hawaii, she decided to become a marine biologist and hasn’t looked back. Growing up in Colorado has presented some challenges for Sacha, but she’s taken every every available opportunity to learn about and spend more time in the ocean.

Sacha received her Open Water certification at the age of fifteen and has been traveling in search of new and exciting dive sites ever since. Her enthusiasm for diving and the underwater world has only increased over the years and Sacha recently became a PADI Open Water Instructor in 2008.  
 
Sacha started her formal marine ecology education in San Diego, but has also studied in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Her best diving has been in Hawaii, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Costa Rica and Europe. Through her travels and continued education, Sacha became especially passionate about resource management and conservation of reef ecosystems. She now spends most of her free time diving and exploring new places.

Kathy has always loved and been intrigued by the ocean, all from the first time she was "bitten" by a starfish (when she was 6 years old). She has well since learned that starfish can not bite people.

Kathy loves learning about the behavior of creatures in the ocean and even went to Mona Island in Puerto Rico for 2 months on an internship to study hawksbill sea turtles. She has also been to Cozumel to study the reef ecology there. Kathy has plans on becoming a vet someday. For now, she volunteers her time at Colorado's Ocean Journey. You can find her there feeding and caring for some of the animals there.

Besides diving in Puerto Rico and Cozumel, Kathy has been diving in Belize, Roatan Honduras, Curacao plus local diving at Carter Lake and Chattfield Reservoir here in Colorado. Other destinations she has been to include Fiji, Oahu Hawaii and Cape Town Bahamas. Kathy became a PADI Instructor in 1999. Kathy joined the team in January of 1998 and is the buyer for Ocean First Divers.

Liz grew up watching Discovery Channel programs about the ocean and has been intrigued ever since.  However, a childhood in a land-locked state didn't present many opportunities and it wasn't until she was 17 that Liz had her first diving experience while on a trip to Australia.  She became an Open Water Diver in 2005 while on a family trip to Cozumel, Mexico and has returned several times since to dive and study coral reef ecology.  So far, Liz has been lucky enough to travel to Egypt, around Europe a few times, Costa Rica, South Korea, most of Hawaii, all over Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, and the western United States.

Liz is currently a PADI Assistant Instructor and looks forward to many more diving opportunities with OFD.  She plans on becoming a PADI Open Water Instructor in Bali in May 2010.  Liz has been with the team since July 2005.