Bridgewater Swim Academy is very proud to present our amazing team of instructors. Each member of our talented instruction team is CPR and AED certified. Some of our instructors offer years of competitive swimming experience and others bring us many years of experience in working with children of all ages. Together, we have created a talented and qualified team of teaching expertise to students of all ages and stages. We strive to maintain instructors that provide each and every student with the best quality experience possible.
With more than ten years of swim instruction experience, Holly is now the owner of Bridgewater Swim Academy, a swim school in Reno, Nevada, where she offers high-quality, customized swim instruction.
She has competed in many Olympic distance triathlons and to-date has run two marathons, including the Boston Marathon. Holly is the proud mother of three children, a devoted athlete, and a fitness enthusiast.
I majored in journalism with hopes to become a sideline host or sports broadcaster.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in public health with a minor in substance abuse counseling from the University of Nevada, Reno, where I swam for the Women’s Swim team for three years. Following my undergraduate studies, I joined the Peace Corps and worked in the country of Grenada as a mental health advocate and elementary school teacher. I have years of experience in mental health and emergency management.
As an instructor at Bridgewater Swim Academy, I continue to fulfill my passion of swimming on the pool deck. In my spare time, I like to spend time with my family, friends, and dog, Mickey. I love swimming in the nearest lake, river or ocean during the summer.
As a mother of two (ages 16 and 13), I never thought I’d have to pay for swimming lessons. WRONG! My children did not work well with me. In fact, from the age of 12 months to 2 years, my daughter had an innate fear of the water, which would have both of us emerging from parent-tot swim lessons in tears.
But we worked through it. Both of my children did a few years on swim team until they broke my heart and started pursuing dance and all the ball sports. I’m literally a fish out of water trying to be a sports parent in those realms! They are both strong swimmers that enjoy lake and ocean outings with confidence.
Open water swimming is my absolute favorite thing to do, and I swim in Tahoe very regularly from July through early October. I also did the Escape from Alcatraz swim and many triathlons in area lakes. I have done two vacations to swim with wild dolphins in the Bahamas, which is one of my favorite life experiences!
Not only have I taught and coached swimming, but I have been a consumer of swim lessons (my son is a Bridgewater alumni). Swimming is such a critical life skill that it brings me joy to return to my roots!
At the age of 6 years old, when I moved to the Central Valley, I didn’t know how to swim, and all of my friends from school were apart of a swim club. My first summer in Fresno my parents signed me up for the club and throughout the summer I learned to swim and absolutely fell in love with sport. From the age of 8 to 18 years I swam competitively on a USA swim club, and I guess you could say the rest is history.
Along with swimming competitively, I also compete in triathlons. Fun fact about a year ago I competed at Age Group Nationals in Milwaukee hosted by USAT. I have so much passion for swimming and I cant wait to share my enthusiasm with everyone at Bridgewater Swim Academy.
My love for swimming was mainly for fun and leisure until I joined the varsity swim team my freshman year of high school. Ever since then, I have had a deeper respect for the water and aspire to challenge myself as well as others with swimming skills. I look forward to having fun with my and everyone else’s learning process!
Swimming has always been a passion of mine, I love competing and hanging out with friends. When I started swimming I didn’t know anyone but my sister and when we were put into different groups, I started to make my own friends, such as my best friend of 9 years. Swimming is a sport that I will always have a special place in my heart. I’m excited to meet new families and become a part of the Bridgewater Swim Academy
I’m currently majoring in Accounting with a minor in Forensic Science in hopes to become a Forensic Accountant.