Claire is a former USA National Team Swimmer from the Santa Clara Artistic Swim Club. She is currently in her Medical School Residency and will resume part time coaching at the pool when she completes her medical program. Coach Claires serves as a financial logistics representative for the Artistic Swim AWD-USA executive Board.
Coach Jade is a former USA National Team Swimmer from Irvine, California. She is currently in medical school for nursing and upon completion, will return to the pool to coach in person. She is a representative of the Artistic Swim AWD coaches board and continues to use her voice for AWD advocacy across the Nation and abroad.
Coach Olivia is currently a National Team Swimmer and swims for the Santa Clara Artistic Swim Club. She brings a lot of experience as an artistic swimmer and manages a summer camp she developed for neurodivergent kids called Aqua Villagers based in Palo Alto. This camp is our pre-comp swimmers training with swimmers advancing to our year round pre-comp, Tier1 training. She aspires to go into the medical profession and loves working with our athletes. She brings superb experience as a USA Artistic National Team Swimmer.
Coach Adriana is one of our AWD Athlete In-pool skills assistant and works with our special figures sessions program, working one on one with our swimmers at our indoor figures pool. She is a Tier 5 Gold Medal swimmer but also is a certified coach and has a background in teaching/coaching beginner swimming for youths and also is a lifeguard at a local swim club. She has been an artistic swimmer for 10yrs and aspires to continue competing and is optimistic she will compete in future Paralympic Games.
We are blessed to have a wealth of volunteers who are college bound knowledgeable and experienced swimmers on our coaching staff. We are proud to continue expanding our coaching staff to send out in the community to bridge the gap for our underserved population of youths with disabilities and to assist with the future of inclusion and success for our swimmers. We highly value ALL of our Coaching Staff Volunteers who come to us from all 'walks of life' leaving our swimmers with cherished experiences and improved performances. Many go onto college to pursue great careers in a variety of professions including medicine, education, politics, etc. And, many come back to coach part time as a lifelong experience!
