Liz Mercure

About Liz

• Attended Georgia State University (GSU) during her sophomore and junior years, but admits she changed her major several times because she had no idea what she wanted to do.
• She moved to Colorado for a year to figure it out—discovered her love of writing and communications after taking a film class.
• Says Colorado’s party atmosphere was a distraction, so she moved back to Georgia to buckle down and finish school; she graduated from GSU with her degree in communications.
• During her last quarter at GSU, she learned to dive, which became a lifelong hobby.
• In 1982, two weeks after graduating, she got hired at the newly formed news network, CNN—they trained her how to be a video journalist, editor, and producer.
• Worked for CNN for over 25 years, rising in the ranks to become the senior supervising producer in charge of the newsroom.
• After leaving CNN, she wanted something different to do, so she took her diving experience and began volunteering at the Georgia Aquarium cleaning exhibits.
• She later received her Divemaster certification and was hired full time by the aquarium.