Coach Ashley is a military spouse and a mom of three littles. 

Upon moving to Florida, she met her husband and became a first time mom. It wasn’t until then that she realized the importance of water safety. She took every course imaginable to ensure she knew how to properly care for and protect her new baby. Shortly after her arrival we moved to Okinawa, Japan where she found Swim Life. She counted down the months until her daughter was able to participate in the program. 

Upon completion of the program, she saw her confidence both in and out of the water grow. Not only was she comfortable in the water, but Swim Life provided her with something every baby in the world should have: the ability to prevent drowning in the god forbid incident of an accident. Ashley was so proud of her daughter for what she had accomplished at such a young age and so eager to learn more about how she too could be a part of drowning prevention. 

Fast forward to a couple more babies (who also participated in Swim Life) - Ashley knew that she needed to be a part of this. She felt so passionately about what Swim Life was doing, she was eager to pick apart their instructor’s brain. She wanted to know everything they knew about drowning prevention, but she couldn’t do that from the sidelines of lessons. She needed to be in the pool alongside these what I like to refer to now as “super heroes.”

Ashley feels blessed to be a part of this community of people doing something that she loves. Her only regret is not having started sooner! Military life is so unpredictable. You go wherever you are needed. She's happy to be a part of something that is needed just about everywhere because all around the world, water safety education and Swim Life aquatic training is needed. She's thrilled to be a part of this program and eager to help each and every student she's entrusted with to learn more about drowning prevention and aquatic safety.