When our daughter Abby was born, I knew that I wanted her to learn to love the water but more importantly, to be safe in the water. We lived on a lake in Idaho and enjoyed a lot of boating, swimming, and water skiing. So when Abby was 6 months old, I enrolled her in a "Mommy and Me Waterbabies" class. After 1.5 years of "lessons" she still could not save herself if she found herself in the water alone. She was not safe!

I had always hoped to find a program like ISR that actually taught babies how to aquatic problem-solve. It seemed that such a program did not exist until one day by chance, a friend sent me the link of baby Miles floating. I was ecstatic! I knew that I had to enroll my daughter!

After learning that the closest ISR lessons were more than 300 miles away, I realized how much the area in which I lived needed a Certified ISR Instructor. I decided to do whatever it took to become an Instructor myself so that I could not only help my daughter with these life-saving skills, but many other children as well.

After becoming a Certified ISR Instructor, our family moved to Pensacola, FL because there were no Instructors in the area and I saw the tremendous need. I've have taught for 14 wonderful years so far and have loved every minute of it!

I am thrilled to be an ISR Instructor and to be part of such a dynamic and important
organization, helping kids become aquatic problem-solvers. It is absolutely the most rewarding experience I've never had to see small children and babies learn how to hold their breath under water, how to get to the surface of the water, how to roll on to their backs to float and breathe and rest, and then to swim to safety.

I love working with children and am constantly in awe at their ability to save themselves in such an unforgiving environment. I hope you'll decide to give your child these skills! I will be absolutely honored to have your child in lessons with me!