Rachel Cushman Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Long Beach, California, United States

Long Beach, Ca

• Oversee the daily exhibit dive operations (+120 dives per week).• Assist dive volunteers and aquarists with exhibit and open ocean diving.• Coordinate and conduct new diver training and proficiency checkouts in confined water.• Maintain dive personnel files, training records, and other administrative duties.• Act as a liaison between the husbandry employees and volunteer divers.• Monitor and evaluate daily dive presentations and live feeding shows.• Actively train volunteers of department standards and procedures.• Maintain, troubleshoot, and inventory the aquarium diver gear including but not limited to BCD’s, first & second stage regulators, and high-pressure cylinders.• Assist in the safety, gear-specific, and emergency training for volunteer and paid staff divers.

Long Beach, Ca

• Assist dive volunteers and aquarists with exhibit diving.• Act as liaison between all company departments and dive office.• Maintain diver’s personnel files and training records.• Actively train potential volunteers of department procedures.• Effectively communicate with volunteers regarding their dive status.

Scuba Queen USA is a national preliminary to the Miss International Scuba pageant which began in 2011. Our goal is to give women a platform to promote safe diving practices and advocate for marine conservation. We celebrate women with ambition, inner beauty and a grand love for the ocean. We encourage women across the country to get involved with the sport of SCUBA and to share their passion of protecting the ocean with everyday people.The Miss Scuba International Organization is founded by Mr Robert Lo who is also the proprietor of the Sipadan Mabul Resort (SMART) and Mabul Water Bungalows, and as such is a strong believer in sustainable development within the realms of our marine environment. He hopes that by sharing the beauty and wonders of the underwater world via Miss Scuba International, will enable more people to understand how fragile our oceans are and how we can all play our individual roles to make a big difference. Small accomplishments add up quicker than one might think. The winning delegate of the Miss Scuba International competition will undertake a year of ocean conservation campaigns to educate and inspire the desire in all of us to do our best to safeguard our oceans. The pageant will also offer her a unique and comprehensive platform to launch her career and personal development within the industry. Additionally, we also aim to promote safe diving practices through worldwide professional training organizations, and elevate international marine tourism and cultural appreciation. As people travel to far off destinations to dive, they also learn to appreciate the cultural diversity that makes our world such an interesting tapestry.

Huntington Beach, California

As a NAUI certified instructor, I train kids and adults in scuba diving. I have led classes of students for open water scuba, advanced open water, and rescue diver certification. The majority of my experience is teaching open water to high school students, ages 13-18. I enjoy teaching rescue diver to adults who hope to improve their knowledge, experience, and situational awareness.

Newport Beach, Ca

• Engage with potential customers at trade shows and special events.• Promotional advertising through social media, lifestyle, and dive club presentations.• Analyze consumer market continuously for product research and development.• Enthusiastic model for photo, video, promotional, retail, and underwater.

California State University, Long Beach

Volunteer on-camera host for various on campus and off campus segments. All areas of production are completed by students who volunteer their time to create the product from beginning to end.College Beat is a non-profit, student-run production company that is a learning laboratory for CSULB students interested in Broadcast Journalism, Video Production, and Television.

Southern California

• Over 544 hrs of independent research on commercial passenger fishing vessels (CPFVs) for kelp bass and barred sand bass population in LA & OC, chartering from Marina Del Rey to Dana Point.• Managed 30-100 anglers daily for the proper data collection of bass caught, kept, and released; measuring length, sex, barotrauma, release disposition, and viability for later otolith extraction.• Over 387 hours of lab work consisting of bass dissection, extracting and weighing gonads, livers, and otoliths, preserving organs, and handling Formalin with chemical safety equipment.• Classification and preservation of fish species and organ extractions according to phylum, subphylum, class and common name.• Coordinated and organized boat trips with landing operators based on previously reported local fish counts.• Improved sustainable fish handling protocols aboard vessels and amongst the angler community through example and education.• Developed data processing procedures for better real-time protocol decisions, reformatting data sheets, making copies, and efficiently focused quality assurance.• Operated DFW research vessels for data collection: line fishing, blood extraction, sex identification, and body measurements.• Handled strong, spined, slimy fish every day, enjoying aquatic wildlife immersion while enduring consistent flesh injuries to hands.• Assisted with logistics & cleaning, from 19ft boats to sampling coolers, loading and unloading of heavy supplies and gear for fishing, diving, & research.

Long Beach, Ca

• Enthusiastic customer engagement with professional hospitality.• Aesthetically arrange merchandise display and promote sales.• Proficiently multitask amid a stressful atmosphere.• Electronically submit orders and process credit cards.

Orange County, California Area

Guest appeared at children's birthday parties dressed in full character and costume for durations of 1 to 4 hours at a time. Characters include several Disney princess (unmasked), as well as other masked (mascot-style costume) characters, such as Minnie Mouse and Hello Kitty. Also provided talented request-based face painting, story telling, balloon twisting, hair braiding, costuming, and how-to ballroom dancing, along with many other fun festivities!

Long Beach, Ca

• Efficiently schedule and organize event reservations.• Train new employees of administrative duties with a positive spirit.• Manage guest records, scheduling, and employee communication.• Assist management to maintain an organized workplace.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marine Biology; Minor: Anthropology, 3.23 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Fraternity, College Beat Productions, MBSA, Leadership Academy, Juggling Club

High School, 3.47 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Varsity Song and Cheer, Scuba Snorkel Club, ROP Orange County Marine Science