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Cristina Zenato      

World-Renowned Shark Diver, Explorer & Conservationist; Founder of People of the Water

Cristina Zenato is a world-renowned shark diver, explorer, and educator. Growing up in the African rain forest, she developed a passion for the outdoors and wilderness and has always been drawn to the water from a very young age. After journeying to the Bahamas to learn how to scuba dive, Zenato immediately made The Bahamas her home and diving her life. Today, she is a PADI Course Director, NSS-CDS Advanced Cave diving instructor, TDI Technical Instructor, and specializes in shark diving and shark behavior.

Zenato is a member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, The Explorers Club, The Ocean Artists Society, and a recipient of the Platinum Pro 5000. She is also the founder of People of the Water, a 501c3 non-profit organization designed to widen the conduction and distribution of training, education, research, and studies relating to water, oceans, and other environmental issues.

Speech Topics


Speaking Topics

Cristina’s presentations cover the following fields:

  • Shark diving and safe procedures
  • Cave diving and exploration: why and how
  • Motivational speaker: what sharks and caves can teach us
  • Conservation: it is all linked
  • Marine careers: choices and decisions, how to
  • Her life, her passion, her work: sharks, caves and beyond

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