Becca Saunders is an assignment underwater photographer, and is certified as a commercia /occupational diver through the Australian Federal Government agency ADAS (Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme) to Australian Standards 2815.1. Becca learned to dive in 1975 in a glacier-fed mountain lake in Colorado, USA, but didn't regularly dive until she moved to Australia in 1981. For several years, she was active in diver training programs, but her diving interests changed in 1986 when she discovered underwater photography. Her background is in computer science and mathematics, specialising in Navy and Army defense projects, but her move to Australia saw a career change to commercial project management, evolving into corporate management.

From 1988 to 1990, Becca was a member of the management team that supervised the design, construction and launch of the Sydney Aquarium in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Upon completion of the Sydney Aquarium, Becca decided to pursue her interests in journalism, diving and underwater photography full-time, and she soon became one of Australia's most published freelance writer/photographers, specialising in marine science, ocean related subjects, adventure travel and technical articles on underwater photography.

Becca's published works include a monthly column on dive travel - 'Travel Chat' - published in DIVE Log, the largest circulating diving publication in Australia, and a column on photography in DIVE Log New Zealand, a bimonthly diving newspaper published in New Zealand. She was also editor of Scuba Yearbook, an annual diving newspaper published in Australia, and editor of Travel Bag, a column on Dive Travel in Sportdiving magazine and has been a regular feature writer for Sportdiving magazine specialising in travel destinations and photography articles. As a trained writer and an accomplished topside photographer, Becca's articles and /or photos also appear regularly in non-diving publications such as BBC Wildlife, Australian Geographic, GEO, Australian Natural History, Living Planet, Boat Directory, Club Marine and many others both in Australia and overseas.

Becca Saunders is considered one of the leading underwater photographers in Australia and has won numerous awards in photography competitions. She is the only woman to ever win the International Open Division of the South Pacific Divers underwater photography competition.