Dolfin Swim School
Celebrating 40 years!
Instructors
Dolfin Swim School has been blessed over the years to have incredible, awesome, magnanimous Instructors. But it is not by chance. It has always started with patiently waiting each year for the Lord to bring just the right applicant. Each Instructor has to meet the stringent qualifications of character, honesty, impeccable work ethic, leadership and most importantly LOVE children of all ages.
Once accepted for employment, our Instructors not only go through a rigid training in the Dolfin way of at least 60 hours, but must prove themselves in the day-to-day teaching of our precious swimmers. Your swimmers are in excellent hands! We hire the Super Heroes your swimmers will admire and want to emulate!
Please allow us to introduce you to our DYNAMIC Dolfin staff:
Linda "Lobster"
I was a homegrown Dallas type. Graduated from SMU with an All- Level teaching certificate and a BA in physical education. Before starting Dolfin Swim School, I taught P.E. at Grace Academy, Jackie Sorenson's Aerobic Dancing for 11 years, Jazzercise for 3.5 years, and even had a small stint working at a wholesale jewelers. But swimming was always my passion. So I made what I LOVED into what I do. I have now had 40 years of teaching swimming, swam on a Masters team for 25 years, and coached our championship Dallas Dolfins swim team for 10 years. Every day is a blessing because I get to sing, laugh, and teach the most incredible kids on the planet!!
Drew "Dolfin"
Drew joins our staff from Athens, Georgia. Go Dawgs! He graduated from the
University of Georgia with a degree in Religion and a minor in Spanish. He
moved to Dallas in the Fall of 2009 to attend Dallas Theological Seminary to
receive his Masters in Theology. He dreams to church plant in Latin America
upon graduation. This past summer he was married to his wife Brittany who
also graduated from the University of Georgia. She currently teaches
elementary school in the Richardson School District. Drew is very
passionate about sports and loves to play golf. He has competed in almost
every sport at one point, including swimming. When not in class or working,
he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
Devin "Dolfin"
Devin graduated from Hebron High School in 2010 where she swam varsity all
four years. Her favorite event was the 500 freestyle. Currently, she
attends North Lake College in Irving but she plans to transfer to Stephen F.
Austin later to major in sign language. In her spare time, Devin loves to
play with her 2 dogs- Millie, a Brittany spaniel, and Thelma Lu, a
dachshund. She also enjoys watching movies, dancing, listening to music and
hanging out with friends and her boyfriend. Devin says she feels very
blessed to be able to help little kids learn how to swim because it makes
her smile. And she is amazed at how fast they learn. Devin's motto: " Just
try your best. You can do anything if you just BELIEVE!!" -Philippians 4:13
Stacy "Starfish"
Stacy is a new fish in Dallas. Originally from Pennsylvania, she graduated from Arcadia University, where she received her BFA in Ceramics and training as an art teacher in 2005. After that, she traveled the world extensively, following her passions for teaching others. If you ask her, she'll tell you she lived in Scotland and Asia and traveled to 11 other countries. Her biggest passion has always been for swimming. After learning to swim at the wee age of five, she worked her way up and swam through 8 years of high school and college swim team. As soon as she turned 16, she began teaching children and adults how to swim. In between her travels, Stacy always found herself going back to teaching swimming lessons. No matter where her travels take her, she still finds time to get in the water and splash about.
Samer "Swordfish"
Samer just recently moved to Dallas all the way from Marietta, Georgia to attend Dallas Theological Seminary. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Finance. Go Dawgs! Upon graduation from DTS, Samer hopes to work with midde and high school students in a church setting. He cares a great deal about family and has close relationships with both his parents, his younger brother, and 2 younger sisters. His parents were born and raised in Israel. Samer is fluent in Arabic and visitis his extended family in Israel as often as possible. He loves to travel and has been to 8 different countries. Samer also loves watching and playing sports, especially soccer. Some of his other hobbies include building relationships, violin, guitar, movies, jigsaw puzzles, and public speaking! He is a dreamer and a few of his dreams include writing a book, planting a church, and attending a World Cup Finals Match!
Kendra "Koi"
Kendra is recently new to Dallas, but she is not new to Texas. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University. WHOOP! Since she graduated, she has been passionately teaching kids how to be veracious readers and writers. Recently, Kendra has made the move from school teacher to student with the goal of becoming a counselor for children and teenagers. When she is not in class or studying at DTS, she is hanging out with friends, playing sports, and reading. She is looking forward to helping children see the joy in swimming as well as the amazing techniques swimming has to offer.
Heather "Humu Humu"
Heather grew up in Alabama and graduated college from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, KY where she ran a student service ministry that repaired and built houses for underprivileged families in the area. Upon graduation she worked full-time for the college for a year before moving to the Dallas area to attend Dallas Theological Seminary.
Heather has been a coach for various sports for over five years and has also served as an Assistant Athletic Director. During those five years she has taught and/or coached at Scofield Christian School, The Cambridge School of Dallas, Mesquite Independent School District, Royse City Independent School District, and Dallas Academy. She has coached Volleyball, Softball, Tennis, and Track; but Basketball is her true passion. She also really enjoys serving as youth intern at her church.
Heather and her husband, David, a high school Librarian, live in Garland. They love staying active and enjoy time with their two dogs, Rock and Bella.
And our Office Manager:
Abby Albatross
Abby grew up on a little island in Alaska, and has since then moved around quite a bit--Chicago, Egypt, Palestine, and Montana, where she met her wonderful husband, Marshall. They moved to Dallas last year for Abby to pursue graduate studies in Literacy and Multilingual Education. They hope to one day move back to the Middle East region to live and work. Abby enjoys hiking, canoeing, playing music, speaking Arabic, and meeting new people. She loves using her abilities and gifts to support all the new smiling faces she meets at Dolfin Swim School.