Black Marine Biologist's Starring Role -- Underwater

By Ed Gordon

Published March 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Dijanna Figueroa is one of only a few African Americans working in the specialized field of marine biology. She tells Ed Gordon how she went from the laboratory to a starring role in director James Cameron's underwater film Aliens of the Deep.

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