What's New
Winter 2010
ColoradoInfant Aquatics, Boulder/Longmont
Angela Difronzo completed her training with Judy Heumann and is excited to be bringing her skills as an Infant Aquatics drowning prevention specialist to Bozeman, Montana. After 10 years working as a mechanical engineer sending Rovers to Mars and telescopes to look for planets, Angela Difronzo moved from Colorado to be closer to family. With the move came a career change from physcial scientist to behavioral scientist. She is the mother of Paige (6) and Ethan (2). Both Paige and Ethan began Infant Aquatics lessons as babies. Ethan (2.5) is an enthusiastic swim-float-swimmer, and Paige (6) is a member of the local swim team.
Georgia
Infant Aquatics, Atlanta
Jodi Beard is proud to be joining the Infant Aquatics team. Jodi discovered Infant Aquatics while researching swim lessons for her two sons. She was struck by the difference in philosophy and results achieved by Infant Aquatics compared to other swim programs. Jodi is excited to be able to provide lifesaving skills to families in her community of Rome, Georgia.
Fall 2009
New Instructor ConferenceDallas, Texas
For three days in November, 15 new instructors from across the U.S. and Mexico were welcomed into the fold of Infant Aquatics by senior instructors during a poolside conference. Together we shared business strategies and teaching techniques while forging bonds of friendship with the many new instructors. Helpful in this enterprise were many of our outstanding students. Here's what some of the attendees had to say:
I loved the networking part of it, meeting other instructors, getting new ideas and learning from others that have been doing this for a while is so helpful.
Jennifer DeLaCruz
Infant Aquatics of Tarrant County
Fort Worth, Texas
I am happy to be part of an association of women who are not just concerned with themselves and their business, but for the safety of children and the success of their fellow instructors. Thank you, I can't wait for next year!
Leslie Harrison
SuperStar Aquatics
Pittsburg, Kansas
The conference was a real treat. Thank you for sharing all of your ideas and making it possible to share ours. I'm inspired and all fired up and so happy to have had the opportunity to meet this awesome group of women.
Steffi-Saul Ketzler
Baby Seals Swim Academy
San Luis Obispo, California
Fall 2009
ColoradoInfant Aquatics, Boulder/Longmont
Michelle Barkenbus discovered Infant Aquatics when she put her 3 year old son through the program. Michelle was so amazed with the methods used and the results achieved that she decided to become an instructor. Michelle is originally from South Africa and has recently acquired American citizenship. She will be bringing Infant Aquatics to Fort Collins beginning in January 2010.
Kathy Appell of Ormond Beach, Florida, participated in Michelle's training. Kathy has been teaching infants and young children to swim for years, and decided it was time to learn new methods and techniques for teaching students and training instructors from Infant Aquatics. Kathy's fun and nurturing manner makes her a perfect fit for our group.
Summer 2009
ColoradoInfant Aquatics, Boulder/Longmont
Jolyn Anderson is filling the great need for Infant Aquatics in Denver. After earning her degree in Speech Pathology from Indiana University, Jolyn spent time working with children & adults with special needs, and then fell into special events & meeting planning, which afforded her the opportunity to travel the world. Expecting her first child, Jolyn wanted a career that would fit with her role as a young mom and provide Denver area families with lifesaving water skills. Welcome Jolyn!
Utah
Swimkids, Salt Lake City/Sandy
Natalie Abel from San Diego, California is our newest instructor. Natalie is the mother of 4 children who had been through aquatic survival lessons from a different program. Natalie wanted to provide families in her area with lifesaving water skills using alternative methods. Utilizing the creative techniques she learned during her training as an Infant Aquatics instructor, Natalie hopes not only to provide her students with water safety skills, but to take them to the next level in their swimming development.
Texas
Aquatots, Dallas
Ashley Goolsby, from Pearland , is our newest addition. Ashley will be serving the Pearland , Friendswood, Clear Lake areas near Houston. Ashley is calm, decisive and works well with others. An engineer who worked for NASA, Ashley decided that teaching infant swimming would be a good fit for her; she is an expectant mother who was introduced to infant aquatics by another of our outstanding Houston instructors, Monika Wroblewska. Ashley 's school is called Wee Swim. Call her if you live south of the Houston area.
Spring 2009
ColoradoInfant Aquatics Boulder/Longmont
Welcome to Le'a Holst, a registered nurse from Colorado Springs. Lea was born and raised in Hawaii, and hopes to retire there in the near future. She is the mother of 5 daughters, with many grandchildren. She has been teaching swimming to older children for some time, and wanted to learn how to teach babies as well. Her caring, gentle nature is a wonderful asset to her teaching abilities. Aloha Le'a!
Texas
Aquatots, Dallas
Danielle Ruais began helping our Frisco instructor , Cindy Clark , with her stroke development lessons and discovered that she loved teaching swimming. Also a new mother, Danielle used to do event planning, but wanted something closer to home after the birth of her 2 children. She now teaches year round in a pool in Allen, bringing needed skills to children in the Allen, Frisco and Mckinney area of the Metroplex. Danielle is funny and creative and will be an asset to Infant Aquatics for a long time to come.
Winter 2009
ColoradoInfant Aquatics, Boulder/Longmont
The new year started off with Judy training Steffi Saul-Ketzler, a mother of two from the central coast of California. Steffi came for a pre-training visit in December, and returned in January for the intensive 6-week in water/academic study course. Steffi, a research biologist, decided to train after learning of the drowning of a neighbor's two year old in their back yard pool. By becoming an Infant Aquatics instructor, Steffi hopes to be able to prevent future tragedies from occuring. We are excited to have Steffi join us and bring Infant Aquatics to California.
Texas
Aquatots, Dallas
We now have an instructor in Monterrey , Mexico. Ana Cardenas is a woman of many talents. A former graphic designer, she decided that teaching swimming was for her after seeing a video of a child performing a swim/ float/ swim, then attended the same type lesson with her best friend in Dallas Texas. Watching her friend's son learn to float on his back cinched the decision for Ana. She came to Dallas and is now teaching the children of Monterrey to do the same swim/float/swim she had seen on the internet. The name of Ana's business is ENAI or Escuala de Natacion y Autorescate Infantil. Look for her website at www.enai.com.mx.
Fall 2008
ColoradoInfant Aquatics Boulder/Longmont
Leslie Harrison of Pittsburg, Kansas completed her training this fall with Judy Heumann. Leslie is a mom of three young boys who left them in the care of dad to travel to Colorado for 6 weeks of training.
Leslie writes "During my training, my homesickness was replaced with a sense of accomplishment in being able to provide children with REAL lifesaving skills and to offer families in my community clear expectations of what their children will learn during lessons."
We are excited that Leslie has joined the growing number of new Infant Aquatics instructors and will be bringing her skills to her hometown as well as the not so distant city of Joplin, Missouri.
Colorado
Infant Aquatics Boulder/Longmont
During the first week of December, Judy Heumann returned to Aspen to do refresher lessons with the Aspen students she taught last spring. This week was especially fun because Nadyne Siegel-Brown of Atlanta accompanied Judy. Having two master instructors in the water with the kids not only produced great results -- everyone had a blast. Judy is looking forward to returning to Aspen for a month in the spring for another round of lessons with new students and refreshers. See the article Aquatic Youth Rock the Aspen Club for details.
Summer 2008
TexasAquatots, Dallas
Texas Aquatic Survival is off to a great year. Aquatots in Dallas has trained another 3 instructors for Texas. Gail Harris will be teaching in the Woodlands and other surrounding cities, Margie Williamson will offer classes in the San Antonio area including Devine, Tx, and Kim Emery will be teaching in Decatur, Tx. This brings the number of teachers up to 8 in the Texas area; we are slowly but surely offering lessons to more areas of the state, and we have now expanded to Mexico which makes us an interntional group. Please look for an instructor in the area nearest you. We have instructors in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Frisco, San Antonio, and Houston.
Spring 2008
ColoradoInfant Aquatics, Boulder
To keep up with ever-growing demand for lessons, Judy Heumann is proud to announce that Carlene Schumacher has completed her training and is adding a new dimension to our staff. Carlene is a retired elementary school teacher who brought her infant grandson to lessons four years ago while his mom was on vacation. Witnessing the progress of her two grandchildren convinced her that she wanted to teach babies to swim. Carlene's calm, sure hands and gentle touch are a wonderful asset when working with little ones. Welcome Carlene!
Winter/Spring 2008
TexasAquatots, Dallas
What's new? Everything is bigger and better in Texas. Infant Aquatics has added 4 new instructors to our rolls in the past year. Jennifer De La Cruz of Infant Aquatics of Tarrant County is teaching near Ft. Worth; Tracey Panzer Michelle of Floating Kiwis is teaching in Richardson, both in her own pool and at the Texins activity Center on the main Texas Instruments Campus, in Dallas; Monika Wroblewska of I Can Swim Academy is teaching in Houston, at 4 locations, the Briar Club, the Houstonian, the West University Colonial park pool, and in a private residence in Friendswood. Erika Kegel of Safe Swimmers is teaching in Leon, Mexico. Please refer to their bio pages and contact them for more information about how to sign up if you are in their area. And check back soon to hear about the instructors from the Lake Ray Hubbard area in Dallas and from the Woodlands area in Houston, TX.
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