Edward Villanueva "Ed the Mayan God"

Born: Pasadena California

Came to Arizona: Arrived in Arizona in 1946 on the back of a Prairie Schooner

Dive Ranking: Extremely Wet PADI Staff Instructor, DAN Instructor

How Long Diving/Since: 1993

Favorite Dive Location: Water, but have been know to return to Cozumel repeatedly

Travel locations: Fiji, New Guinea, Australia, Tahiti, Belize, Bahamas, Las Rocques, Bonaire, Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman, La Paz, Cozumel, Cancun, Puerto Penasco, San Carlos, Hawaii,  and a whole lot of other places that eventually I will remember.

Favorite Food: Anything too slow to run away.

Favorite Song: Anything after three tequilas.

Favorite Quote: There is more than one way to make bubbles.”-E.A. Villanueva

Anything Additional: Recreational diving is meant to be a fun and safe sport.  The role of an instructor is to guide the student to discover the joy of diving while developing their skills and confidence.  Nearly everyone can learn to dive if they really want to.  Instructors should build on that desire not by rigid teaching, but by guiding the students through the student’s own self-discovery.  Good instructors teach students to dive, great instructors let their students learn to dive. This is the word of the Mayan God.