Scuba diving has been a passion of Lucja Rice for 24 years. She has been a dive professional since 2000, working as a Divemaster and Dive Instructor in Egypt, Cyprus, Croatia, Norway, Poland, and the USA. She is a Master Instructor with Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), and Technical Diving Instructor with Technical Diving International (TDI), Instructor Trainer with Emergency First Response (EFR) and she is also Divers Alert Network (DAN) Instructor. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Management in 2001 and Master’s Degree in Tourism Economics in 2004 at The School of Economics in Warsaw, Poland.

Rice is currently employed as a full-time faculty for AAS Diving Business and Technology program at The College of the Florida Keys teaching a full range of courses from basic scuba diving to instructor level courses. She has more than 5,000 dives, over 40 diving certifications and has trained more than 1,200 students. Rice continues her professional development, including training in technical and closed-circuit rebreather diving. She always looks for opportunities to challenge herself during diving experiences with deeper, more complex dives.