In this week's Java with Jamie, we're diving right in -- to the pool! By day, Kerry Nakayama does analytics and data science. But in her spare time she is a certified dive instructor at Eco Dive Shop in Culver City. We met up with her at Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.
"I ordered a chai latte," said Nakayama."I am allergic to coffee beans.""Every weekend I'm out at Catalina or on a boat," said Nakayama.
What types of students do you get? I've always wanted to do it, for like 25 years, but I still haven't done it yet. Do you get a lot of people like me? "For sure. We get a lot of people, it's like a bucket-list item, that they're like 'I'm just going to do it.' All ages, everywhere from the age of 10 all the way up through 80 that we'll see come in to dive. It's amazing. Everybody can do it."
And with that, I decided it was time to finally dive in. First, there's instruction on land. Then we hopped in the water, where we see how the equipment gets used. And then we dive for real, channeling our inner mermaid, and otter."Patience," said Nakayama."Everybody does everything at their own time, but the thing is, anybody can do it. You just have to take the time and listen to what they want to do, and you can move through it.
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