Since the inception of HSA in 1981, Pat has been the organizations publicist, creating press releases and feature articles for print and online publications within the scuba diving industry as well as for speciality publications for people with disabilities, including two cover stories for Sports n' Spokes Magazine, popular among athletes with disabilities. Her work has been featured in numerous dive publications such as the prestigious Dive Training Magazine, the PADI Journal and NAUI Resources.

Calling upon her multi-media experience in advertising, she wrote the script for HSA's first film Freedom in Depth, and was a consulting editor for The Cousteau Society & HSA's second film To Fly in Freedom. She also researched and compiled most of the medical information for the HSA Instructor & Dive Buddy Manuals.

Pat started writing for publication at age 18, first as a journalist for Northeast Newspapers in the Southern California area. A few years later she joined the staff of the Beverly Hills Times as a restaurant reviewer, writing reviews for such world renowned restaurants as 'La Scala', a favourite of President John F. Kennedy when he visited Los Angeles.

Felicia received her formal education at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 1984. Felicia commenced her 'land career' with Foote Cone & Belding Advertising in 1985 where she spearheaded the development, application and integration of FCB's proprietary non-verbal research techniques and strategic planning process. Areas of expertise include corporate image, brand/service personality and emotional equity associations, employee perceptions, idea generation, brainstorming sessions, communication effectiveness, underlying motivations, and product development. Most recently Felicia holds the position of Account Director at Calexis Advertising & Marketing Counsel.

Over her career, Felicia has provided business management, research and marketing communication for numerous client companies including: Colgate-Palmolive Company in Canada and international markets, S.C. Johnson & Son Ltd., The Royal Bank of Canada, Nutri/System Inc. in the U.S., Mazda Motors in the U.S. and Canada, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, SONY of Canada, Ltd., Color Your World, Bretton's, Port's International, M.D. Management, Sunkist, Air Canada, Kraft, Kimberly-Clark, First Brands Canada Corp., Premier Liquor Corporation in Buffalo, Manulife Financial and Molson Breweries.

Polett was introduced to the ocean in Venezuela when she was a month old and grew up with the ocean as her playground. She loved recreational free diving as a kid. A Challenging Twist, at the age of 12 she suffered a Spinal Cord Injury while playing under heavy rip currents, rendering her quadriplegic. In 1990, her journey to the world of computers began when she went for intensive rehab at Lyndhurst Hospital in Toronto Canada. She spent her days re-learning how to use her body and nights taking all available classes within the computer field.

Upon returning to Venezuela, her native country, Polett studied programming as well as hardware/software training, where her interest and focus started shifting towards graphic design within the programming field.

As time went by, the lack of accessibility for wheelchair users in a third world country led Polett and her Mother to move back to the US where they lived when she was a child. Here she continued to study web and graphic design and in 2000 began building websites freelance. She now owns her own business: Polett's Design Studio, and is in the process of launching her new business image: Digital Web Academy.