I am an anti-drug and motivational speaker for public schools nationwide. For over five years, I lived an odyssey of adventure as a chief diver for The Cousteau Society. For the presentations, I use high-tech video projection. I share exciting true stories about diving with whales, dolphins, and great white sharks while weaving in my drug, tobacco & alcohol education message. My goal is to motivate youths to reach for their dreams and not make choices that can lead to real-life nightmares. I speak from the perspective of someone who unfortunately made a marijuana mistake that directly led to my becoming a co-defendant in the John DeLorean drug trial of 1982. In a prison cell, I fully realized that the mistakes were completely my own. Wanting to recapture happiness and self worth, I made a commitment to pursue only good choices. Two years after leaving prison, I was hired by The Cousteau Society as a chief diver and expedition leader…and I don’t even speak French.

October 15 at 11:00 am – Out of the Night – Get ready for a powerful event as Steve talks about his sojourn in prison, becoming chief engineer of a prison fire crew and saving lives in the desert as an inmate driving a 1948 fire truck … then after his release from prison becoming chief diver for Captain Jacques Cousteau. Now as a SDA lay-youth minister the adventure truly begins!

October 15 at 5:30 pm – High on Adventure – The vespers will be fun and exciting for the adventurer at heart. See great white sharks, killer whales and swim with dolphins! Discover the simple and easy ways to make a big change in the quality of your life, overall health and vitality. Steve will share about the toxic hotspots in your kitchen, laundry room and living spaces. How you can use natural, inexpensive products from the market to greatly reduce your family’s exposure and how to help rid the body of these poisons. Children are particularly susceptible. Discover how toxins can lead to learning & behavioral disorders, autism and other health risks. Many of these toxins are hiding in items we use daily.

Face to face with a great white shark!