In partnership with
Platform and Springboard Diving in Marin for Youth and Adults
Dive Lab, founded in 2021 by former champion diver and licensed therapist Miranda Maas, is a nonprofit diving program based at the Indian Valley Campus/College of Marin. Built on a holistic philosophy that prioritizes personal growth over podiums, Dive Lab blends diving, mindfulness, strength training, and even circus skills to create confident, healthy athletes. Serving participants ages 6 to 77, the program fosters community, resilience, and joy in and out of the pool.
Learn more about our year-round program, explore our Summer Dive Camp, or visit our website to discover how we’re changing the future of club sports.
The 800-acre grounds of the wealthy family represented some fascinating juxtapositions:
- Rural woodlands with extravagant wealth.
- Massive public generosity (donating the land for Muir Woods to the U.S. government) with strictly guarded private access to their residential holdings.
- Depression-era tent cities with the most beautiful places on the California coast (including at Steep Ravine, which was owned by the Kents).
The heirs of the family, now two generations removed from the massive Chicago meatpacking fortune, faced the cold reality of estate taxes and family debt. This forced them to sell their land and create the subdivision of Kent Woodlands in 1936…