Introducing the 2025 PADI Junior AmbassaDivers

Published 3 weeks agoon October 20, 2025

PADI has announced its first-ever round of PADI Junior AmbassaDivers™.

Aged between 10 and 17, these Torchbearers are the youth of the diving community. They live in different parts of the world and are accustomed to different climates, dive conditions and marine life, but they are all ocean lovers. Their passion for adventure and conservation is clear through their words and actions, just like PADI’s 2025 AmbassaDivers.

Meet the 2025 PADI Junior AmbassaDivers. Find out who is who, what they do and what their plans are as ocean advocates.

Aarav

Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia

Aarav is like most of us – he has always felt a connection to the ocean. His first dive in Tulamben, Indonesia, proved life-changing and turned him into an ocean lover. Since then, he has qualified as a PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver and is currently working towards earning his PADI Junior Divemaster certification.

Out of the water, he is an active member of his school’s baseball and basketball teams.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To be a voice for our ocean!”

Follow Aarav on Instagram: @devs_ocean

Alaia

Pollensa, Mallorca, Spain

She’s only 13 years old, but Alaia has already lived in South Africa, Mexico and Spain, learning the local languages along the way. During her travels, she has also strengthened her diving skills as a PADI Junior Open Water Diver by working on conservation projects, including the Posidonia Seagrass Conservation Project in Mallorca and coral nursery cleaning in the Caribbean. Alaia is keen to continue exploring the underwater world and to dive with different marine life.

Beyond diving, Alaia is a competitive swimmer and silk acrobat.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To inspire young ocean lovers to dive responsibly, explore boldly, ask questions and protect our blue planet.”

Follow Alaia on Instagram: @alaia_into_the_blue

Ashrita

Hyderabad, India

Ashrita enjoys many different subjects, including marine ecosystems, astronomy and engineering. As an Advanced Open Water Diver with an AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty certification, Ashrita knows all too well how diving can spark ideas, change lives and inspire innovation. So much so that she is using her diving know-how and academic knowledge to develop a drone prototype that detects illegal deep-sea mining and monitors marine ecosystems.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To show young explorers that you don’t have to pick just one path; you can build bridges between every field. You’ve only got one life, so explore widely…”

Follow Ashrita on Instagram: @ashritxa

Lennox

Strobl, Austria

13-year-old Lennox is living life on the road with his parents in their converted truck, Akela. They’ve been traveling for the past seven years, during which he obtained his PADI Junior Open Water Diver and freediving certifications. He has dived in every ocean, and he loves seeing the unique marine life in both cold and warm waters.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “Inspire other kids and young voices to care about our blue planet.”

Follow Lennox on Instagram: @akela.world

Ivan

Melbourne, Australia

Ivan has been diving since he was eight years old, when he earned his PADI Master Seal Team certification in Thailand. As soon as he turned 10, he obtained his PADI Junior Open Water Diver license, giving him the knowledge and skills to handle the colder and more challenging waters of Melbourne.

Ivan is also neurodivergent, and diving helps him stay focused, build his self-confidence and overcome obstacles with calmness. When he’s not diving, he’s busy working on developing a Roblox scuba diving game to promote marine conservation.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To inspire young people — especially neurodiverse kids — to explore the ocean and take action to protect it.”

Follow Ivan on social media:

YouTube: @ivanlovestheocean
Website: http://www.ivanlovestheocean.com.au

Kate

Melbourne, Australia

When it comes to knowing and caring for your local dive site, nobody does it better than Kate from Melbourne, Australia. Naarm (aka Port Philip Bay) is her home underwater, and whether she’s snorkeling or diving in these waters, she is either busy looking at marine life or keeping the area free of debris and invasive species.

When not diving, you’ll find her working in the local café as a part-time high school student.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To explore, protect and share the beauty of the ocean and celebrating marine life through diving, connecting people to the sea and inspiring its preservation for future generations.”

Follow Kate on Instagram: @kate._dickenson

Dorian and Kian

Munich, Germany

Diving is more fun when you have a sibling with you. Big brother Dorian and little brother Kian actively dive together. They have explored wrecks, swum with whale sharks and participated in beach cleanups and coral planting. Together, they believe that by sharing their adventures, more people will want to protect the underwater world.

Goal as Junior PADI AmbassaDivers: For Kian, it’s “to make people care about the ocean.” Dorian echoes this sentiment by stating that he wants “to inspire other kids to try scuba diving and to protect the ocean.”

Follow Dorian and Kian on Instagram: @dive_into.life

Alice

Vietnam

Creativity and self-expression motivate Alice to explore the arts in many forms, including dancing, drawing and swimming. That’s why she’s also a certified PADI Mermaid, Freediver and Advanced Open Water Diver. Being underwater, she can pursue unique perspectives that bring her joy and self-fulfillment.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To share the awareness of ocean pollution and the love of diving, exploring.”

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Cooper

Orange County, California

Cooper is a PADI Junior Rescue Diver on a mission to protect our oceans through storytelling and conservation action. Having traveled to over 30 countries, he has seen and photographed a variety of marine environments, including kelp forests and coral reefs.

He believes that protecting the ocean is a shared responsibility and wants to inspire more people to get involved. Cooper’s strength of character and moral integrity are formed by his Eagle Scout training and saber fencing skills.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To empower youth to fall in love with the ocean through storytelling, science and adventure, because we protect what we understand and cherish.”

Follow Cooper on social media:

Instagram: @KooKooPerd (Art) & @nomadiqscholars (Travel)
YouTube: @NomadiqScholars
Website: nomadiqscholars.org

Rankin

Colmesneil, Texas

Being outdoors and playing sports is what Rankin likes best. His adventurous spirit has led him to the top of Machu Picchu and to score various home runs on the baseball field. As the ever-optimistic sportsman, Rankin hopes to set a good example in his role as a PADI Junior AmbassaDiver.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To leave positivity behind so others can run into it and have fun along the way.”

Prateek

Karnataka, India

Prateek learned to dive as young as he could, but his love for the ocean started gradually through swimming and snorkeling, before he eventually got into diving. He dives whenever he can and is currently pursuing his PADI Junior Master Scuba Diver rating.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To inspire young people to explore, respect and protect our oceans through education, adventure and storytelling.”

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Julia and Alexa

Melbourne, Australia

Do identical twins share the same interests, thoughts and ideas? Julia and Alexa certainly do. Between golf games, they are ocean advocates who want to raise awareness about climate change and how it damages our marine habitats. They are both Junior Open Water Divers and PADI Equipment Specialists, so they can do basic checks and repairs on their gear while out on their dives.

Goal as Junior PADI AmbassaDivers: For Alexa, her mission is “to educate people about the risks of plastic and its impact on marine life and help to promote diving across all ages.” Julia want “to educate and raise awareness about global warming by getting others involved in diving and in the environment.”

Follow Julia and Alexa on Instagram: @alexajuliagolfanddiving

Gabrielle

Poole, UK

Having seen manta rays and whale sharks in the Maldives, Gabrielle is on a mission to safeguard the planet’s wellbeing. Becoming a Rescue Diver is one of Gabrielle’s proudest achievements and a testament to her commitment to upholding diving safety standards.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To inspire youth and amplify the voice of ocean conservation.”

Follow Gabrielle on social media:

Instagram: @gabrielleb2209
TikTok: @gabrielleb2809

Mia

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Age 12, Mia became a PADI Master Scuba Diver as early as she could. Not only does she dive and take part in conservation activities, but she is also a contributing writer for Scubaverse, where she writes about her underwater adventures. Through her words and photos, she hopes to inspire more people to get into scuba diving.

Never far away from the sea, Mia is also a proficient sailor.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To inspire and empower young people to discover the magic of the underwater world through scuba diving.”

Follow Mia on Instagram: @underwaterwithmia

Emily

San Jose, Costa Rica

Emily loves all marine life, but she’s biased when it comes to sea turtles and sharks. She is a volunteer at Tambor Bay Turtle Conservation, helping monitor and protect sea turtles. Through her social media content, she also wants to promote shark conservation and help young divers better understand these often misunderstood creatures.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To raise awareness about ocean conservation and inspire others to protect marine ecosystems.”

Follow Emily on social media:

TikTok: @tealturtle1
Instagram: @emilytbc10 and @thesharkdiaries (shark conservation mission)

Nana

Tokyo, Japan

When Nana graduates from high school, she wants to be a researcher for marine life and habitats. In the meantime, she encourages middle and high school students to become more aware, engaged and vocal about environmental issues.

To relax, she enjoys preparing salt-preserved wakame seaweed, a sustainable and healthy food in Japan.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To spread the love for the ocean, inspiring the younger generation to enjoy the sea and understand its challenges through diving.”

Follow Nana on Instagram: @tbtmex__7.7

Brandon

Hong Kong, China

Brandon is a Master Scuba Diver and a freediver. He is also a citizen science diver for the Hong Kong Jellyfish Project. In this volunteering role, he documents and tracks jellyfish sightings in Hong Kong waters. His contribution is crucial for marine research, jellyfish safety and conservation efforts.

Goal as a Junior PADI AmbassaDiver: “To spread the joy and knowledge diving has to offer and to show everyone the charm of the ocean with photos.”

Follow Brandon on Instagram: @brandxnwoo

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