In 2019, we developed a unique and interactive Marine Biology curriculum, teaching at John Adams Middle School in LA. This included immersing students into our underwater world through low-tech virtual reality (VR). By 2020, we were awarded a Women Divers Hall of Fame grant to further develop the VR portion of this curriculum. Today, Under the Blue Line presents the culmination of this work as a collection of underwater education modules. 

In 2022, Under the Blue Line launched in San Diego and has since been a massive hit! In year one, we participated in several community tabling events including Preby’s Play Day at Museum of Contemporary Arts, San Diego; Barrio Logan Science Art Expo; Scripps Day; and Walter Munk Day. Additionally, our headsets enabled SCUBA exploration in a local elementary classroom and two visiting high school groups at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Overall, we took ~1500-2000 community members under water on SCUBA and convinced a similar number of humans to touch and press local algae.

Now in 2026 we have expanded our ocean community. This year Under the Blue Line,

• Tabled at Barrio Logan Science Art Expo, the CA Seaweed Festival, the Bro-am, and the Southeast San Diego Science Art Expo.

• Ran the 2nd annual summer pop-up VR exhibit at Birch Aquarium.

• Visited classrooms, teaching marine biology to budding students at Central Elementary School, as well as high school and college students at UCSD and Mesa College.

• Partnered with Coastal Defenders and Un Mar de Colores to share local ocean connection with young ocean stewards.