In 2002, she broke the men's AIDA International's NLT (No Limit) world diving record by diving to a depth of 525 feet (160 m) near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a record which was surpassed later that year by French diver Loïc Leferme (162 m).
However, as a women's record, it lasted almost seven years, until Natalia Molchanova reached 125 m in June 2010 in Kalamata, Greece.
She is a public speaker, presenting "The Deepest Dive Ever" at TEDx in Austin, Texas in 2012, and also at the Divers Alert Network UHMS DAN 2006 Breath-hold Proceedings.
She appeared on a set of five commemorative postage stamps distributed by the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2003.
She also features in the documentary A Plastic Ocean (aired 2016), and today focuses on her work as an environmentalist.