I stepped into a pool for my first swim lesson when I was 5.

And after that, I never really left the water…

I joined my town’s competitive team when I was 10 and continued swimming at a national and international competitive level until I was 21. I got my Pool & Open Aater Lifeguard Certificate when I was 16, and my first certificate as a UISP Swim Instructor at 18. In 2017, I became a certified Swim Instructor and Competitive Swim Team Coach with the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN). After I moved to the US, I continued coaching and teaching private swim lessons all over the country until I finally settled in Nashville, TN, in 2021.

In the past 10 years, I’ve taught swim lessons in more than 10 pools across the globe and coached 4 competitive teams, and still, I can’t get enough of it.

“Without goals, training has no direction”

Natalie Coughlin