Who are our staff?

As you are prepping your rucksacks, enjoying your last hot shower for a while, thinking of waking up to a tropical paradise and learning your fish or coral species, you might also be wondering who are the staff that you will meet once you get to base.

Well, in order to give you some insight into our amazing staff team, we are going to start a staff profile section, where you will be able to "meet" all of us.

Today, we are starting with Lluvia Soto, our Pez Maya Expedition leader

Lluvia is from Veracruz, Mexico, where she undertook her degree in Biology at the Autonomous University of Veracruz (UV). Lluvia came to Pez Maya as a participant in the National Scholarship Programme in Octuber 2007. After falling in love with the charm of the place and the work GVI does here, she successfully applied to become an intern in January 2008. During this time she continued sharing her biological and local knowledge with the EMs and the nearby community, while finishing her Divemaster qualification. Before GVI, Lluvia worked in the north of Mexico with dolphin craneometry, in the south of Mexico with coral growth, and in her home town took part in various environmental education programmes, reinforcing her passion for the ocean and its conservation. This life long dream of hers was finally realized with an offer to become scientific staff at Pez Maya, where you can find her these days teaching underwater biology, Spanish and even some salsa moves!

Who are our staff?