As a Central Florida native, I knew the life long joy associated with water sports. When my son was 18 months old, I was thrilled that he loved the water and I knew it was time to teach him to swim. My niece and nephew had been very successful in a survival swim program. So I decided to enroll Jacob. I was apprehensive but amazed that my child could become so proficient at such a young age. In 1987, I trained to become a survival swim specialist.
In 1998, I brought the program to Atlanta, Georgia. The demand for survival swimming lessons grew each year. In 2001, I became a founding member and Master Instructor for Swim Float Survive. My passion for saving children from drowning increased and so did my business. It became essential to open my own facility to meet the demand for my survival and learn to swim programs. We now teach school age children and adults as well as infants and toddlers
Over the past 28 years, I have taught thousands of children not just to swim but to save their lives in the case of an aquatic accident. Since moving to Atlanta, I have incorporated an intensive in water training program for both instructor trainees and our students consisting of behavioral techniques, reinforced with, love, kindness and a solid direction and a logical approach to teaching all ages the life saving skills of swimming.
I have taught 35+ instructors to teach these amazing skills as well as co authored the Survival Swim Development Network’s training manual. As a Master Swim Float Survive℠ instructor and a mother that has lost a child, my mission as well as passion is teaching children how to save themselves from drowning as well as saving other parents the heartache of losing a child needlessly.