The Ryan Pyles Aquatic Foundation was founded by Kennette and Russ Pyles, after tragedy struck her family. On July 4th, 1999, Kennette’s son, 3 year old Ryan, went missing during a July 4th weekend celebration attended on family friend’s river side property. He was found shortly after, floating in the river nearby the dock. Paramedics […]
Megan Cameron’s aquatic background includes year-round competitive swimming in both lakes and pools, water polo, lifeguarding, coaching swim team, and teaching swim lessons. When her two daughters began competing in swimming themselves, she rediscovered her love for swimming as an adult through US Masters Swimming and Triathlon, even competing in USMS Nationals, USAT Nationals, and […]
Katelin Morris was raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon by two parents who were Cape Cod beach lifeguards in college. She has had her boating license since age 12, and spent her youth enjoying swimming, wake boarding and tubing. Katelin has a BFA from Syracuse University in Advertising Design. After graduation, Katelin worked on the west […]
Growing up in Southwest Missouri, Cody was always surrounded by bodies of water. Whether it was a pond or creek in the pasture, a river to float on, a lake, or a pool, she loved any body of water and all the activities that came with it, especially being outside. Cody has spent most of […]
Hello, my name is Molly Roberson. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband and four children. When my son was barely a year old, he fell in our backyard pool and nearly drowned. After weeks at Children’s Hospital, he fully recovered. It was the scariest time of our lives and we were the lucky […]
Hello, my name is Tami Gribble! I have over 30 years of experience teaching group lessons, from parent-child classes to coaching swim teams. I am also a CPR, First Aid, and Lifeguard instructor. My happy place has always been in or around the water. I feel so grateful to be a survival swim instructor because […]
My name is Lindsey Nielsen, proud owner and operator of Tiny Fins Survival Swim TX. I am located in Corpus Christi, Texas. I completed my SSDN training in 2023 at Survival Swim Corpus Christ with Amy Borden. Being born and raised in Corpus Christi and living along the coast I learned to swim at a […]
I am Marie-Dorothy Simonet, 34 years old and have had my own business for the last 8 years. Teaching kids to survive in the water and building meaningful relationships. In 2019 I became a mother to a true meaning of light “Luka” a visually impaired determined to live little boy. I am blessed and passionate […]
Hello, my name is Katrina McEnany, but my friends and family know me as “Kit”. My husband and I have 2 young children. Our family enjoys outdoor activities like camping, riding side-by-sides and spending time at the lake. I became very passionate about survival swim lessons for my children because they did not have experience […]