Episode 68 - We're talking with Melissa Goldberg-Taylor of Small Fish Big Fish Swim School in West Palm Beach Florida. She shares her story and passion for teaching swimming, building relationships with families and teaching them water safety skill also educating them on the importance of being water-smart and to respect the water starting with new parents and babies as young as 2 months old. Listen to this episode as she explains her programs and benefits. How she got started as a competitive swimmer growing up in New Jersey and finding her way to Flordia to end up living her dream and passion that she grew up with. She is truly an inspiration with her programs and the service not only to her community but to all of Flordia and to the country as a Board Member of the United States Swim School Association Below is a little background on Melissa but make sure to listen to her full story just click the link and play this episode.

Melissa Goldberg-Taylor

After a successful professional career in luxury automobile sales, Melissa Goldberg-Taylor decided to leave her job to pursue her dream of opening a swim school. In less than 4 years she was able to transition her backyard and community swim school into a promising year-round indoor facility that services the Palm Beach community. Throughout many years of swim instructing, Melissa has taken many professional courses and accreditations to supplement her training.  She has been certified as a lifeguard, water safety instructor, professional CPR, First Aid, and AED administrator, and has even taken numerous courses in adaptive aquatics as well as infant and toddler swimming. In 2011, she became a professional accredited pool operator by the National Swimming School Foundation.  She is also a current member of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and the United States Swim School Association and regularly travels around the country to meet with other aquatics professionals in order to stay abreast of new trends within the industry. Her favorite "small fish" and current enrollees in the Small Fish Big Fish Swim School include her own two children.

You can reach Melissa through the website at Smallfishbigfish.com or email her at [email protected] and her phone at the school (561) 818-7946. Connect with Melissa on their Facebook page

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