Meet Courtney
Courtney is a college student at Howard University majoring in sports medicine with hopes to go to physical therapy school. Courtney started working at BSS in February 2020 at the Gaithersburg, Maryland location and started at BSS-Austin at the beginning of this month. Courtney took swim lessons when she was younger and is lifeguard certified. […]
Meet Sarah
Sarah does not have an aquatics background but learned to swim when she was 8, and she started with BSS this January. Sarah grew up dancing competitively and has experience assisting dance classes and teaching dance to kids. Some of her hobbies are painting and watching movies. One thing on Sarah’s bucket list is to […]
Meet Jason
Jason has been teaching at BSS since 2017, but he has taught swim lessons since he was a high school senior in 2012. He also has non-aquatic teaching experience, as he was involved in scouting and is currently a YMCA camp counselor. Best known for his calm and creative personality, Jason likes making music and […]
Meet Dani
Dani has been swimming since she was 4 years old, and the sport runs in the family. In fact, her cousin Cammile Adams is an Olympic swimmer who placed 5th in the London and 4th in the Rio Olympic games for the 200 m butterfly! Dani has been with BSS since October 2018 and has […]
Meet Shelby
Though she started working for BSS in May 2019, Shelby’s formal aquatics background started in middle school when she joined her school’s swim team. However, she actually taught herself how to swim: she would sit at the bottom of the pool and hold her breath for a long time, which progressed into learning strokes and […]
Meet Andrea
Andrea has been working at BSS for over one and a half years. She’s had her first aquatic teaching experience here, but has always loved swimming. She has also worked with kids before, being a tutor and mentor throughout high school. She also participated in many volunteering opportunities, most notably MacTeach, where she taught violin, […]
Meet Alexander
Alexander’s background in aquatics started when he was enrolled in swim lessons at a young age. He always remembers loving to swim; he joined a swimming club when he was in middle school and also began to swim competitively. Before joining BSS, he was a lifeguard at a local water park for around 4 years. […]
Meet Xavier
Xavi’s aquatics background began with swimming in his grandparents’ pool. He became a lifeguard two years ago, where he got to watch his seniors teach lessons while he watched the pool. A year ago he became a certified instructor as well as swim coach for the Givens Marlins. He is known for being the youngest […]
Meet Ali
Ali always enjoyed swimming in her pool every summer. Ali has had out-of-the-pool teaching experience before, as she worked as a substitute karate instructor for 5 years. She would often lead the class during normal instruction when the head instructor had to focus on one student in particular. Ali is also a published writer. Right […]