Deanne, an oncology nurse who cared for thousands of cancer patients during her career, was an avid diver, a passionate and gifted underwater photographer, an active member of the Orange County Underwater Photographic Society, and a beloved member of the California diving community. She racked up an impressive number of imaging awards - most notably placing consistently, year after year, in the Monterey Shootout. Even during a brief move to Texas, she would show up on local dive boats, having traveled back to her beloved Pacific to get in a quick kelp fix.

In late July 2024, Deanne succumbed to an aggressive brain cancer, diagnosed only 3 months before.

Deanne, we love and miss you.

All funds that come in during the 5th annual Think Pink competition will be distributed to the UCLA Brain Cancer Research fund in Deanne's memory, with a special request that they be applied towards investigations into glioblastoma.