Estelle Autissier

Estelle is a sophomore psychology major at BC. She is an American Red Cross certified lifeguard and swim instructor. She swam competitively on a club team based out of Harvard for over 10 years, and she also swam varsity for her high school team. She began teaching 2 years ago at MIT, helping both children and adults develop their comfort level and swimming skills in the water. She can't wait to continue teaching for her second year at BC, and is excited to pass on her knowledge and excitement about swimming to both children and adults.

Joe Costa

Joe is a sophomore at BC in the Carroll School of Management. He is a certified water safety instructor and a member of the division 1 varsity swim team at Boston College. He posted the top ACC finish for BC in the 500 freestyle for the 2011-2012 season. Joe has been swimming since he was 11 and has taught a variety of people. He primarily enjoys teaching children, however he spends his summers teaching adults ranging from the beginner level to the advanced triathletes. Instructing is one of the many ways Joe gives back to the wonderful community surrounding Boston College.

Trace Fairbaugh

Trace is a rising senior psychology and biology major.  She has been a lifeguard and swim instructor for the past 5 years both at BC and in her home town of Baltimore.  She swam competitively for seven years, including at the Varsity level, and has plenty of knowledge about refining stroke and working on endurance. Trace also has lots of experience teaching children how to swim. She really enjoys working with children from six months to ten years of age.   Swimming is one of her passions, and she really enjoys giving back and providing others the opportunity to love swimming as much as she does.

Karen Fry

Karen has been teaching swim lessons for over twenty years and believes that learning to swim should be fun and informative. Working as a high school teacher for the past fourteen years in San Francisco she has also worked at the Rec Plex each summer for the past five years.  Comfortable with both children and adults, she looks forward to tailoring the lessons to fit you or your child's needs.

Aiden O’Connor

Aiden is 18 years old and will be a senior at Needham High School in the fall. He taught learn to swim classes, private lessons, and coached the Eaglets swim team last year.  He has been a summer member of the Boston College Recreation Complex for a number of years prior to working there. He has been swimming competitively since the age of eight, and has worked diligently to improve his skills. He believes that swimming is a great skill to have and is useful for improving personal fitness. He is ready to work with you to help your child learn to swim or improve previous aquatic skills.

Kerry O’Connor

Kerry is a rising senior at the University of New Hampshire, where she is studying marketing and finance.  She has been working at the Plex for seven years and teaching swimming lessons for 5 years.  She started swimming competitively when she was 10 and swam competitively until high school.  While in high school, she swam in the conference meet both junior and senior year. She has taught both group and private lesson for people of all ages. She knows that swimming involves a lot of small parts and is hard to see, but she will set goals which help the children see that every little part matters in order to be the best swimmer they can be.