Teacher ditches career to become a professional mermaid

Woman left her teaching job to become a professional mermaid

Moss Green decided to become a mermaid after seeing a man dressed as a merman coming out of the sea on her local beach

Teacher ditches career to become a professional mermaid

Moss took up mermaiding during lockdown (Picture: PA Real Life) Little Mermaid Ariel may have longed to be part of our world, but not everybody wants to be where the people are. Some people think it’s better down where it’s wetter – like this woman, who ditched her career as an English teacher to become a full-time professional mermaid in Italy. Moss Green, 33, is originally from Torquay, Devon but moved to Sicily in 2016 to teach English, and w…

Devon woman gives up job to become professional mermaid

Although the salary is much lower than a teacher's Moss says “all that matters” is that she is “doing something (she) loves”