We had the good fortune of connecting with Danielle Bakic and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Danielle, how does your business help the community?
That is the entire point of my mission in what I do! Drowning is the leading cause of death in children 1-4! My mission is to eradicate drowning in the DFW area! Our mission is to save lives 1 child at a time! We are a private lessons swim school meaning there is ever only 1 child to coach. So we only have a few kids in the pool at a time and they each have their own coach! I have created everything fun and yummy at our Swim School! Our theme is Cotton Candy, Ice Cream and Donuts teaches kids to swim in a fun and yummy way! That is my mission swim lessons has to be fun! That is why 99% of our students learn to swim in 9 days!

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Something that makes me Swim School very unique is that I have painted my entire Swim School. With over 200 hrs of painting and helping make it my dream in every way! I painted a mural that is 20 ft tall and 70 ft wide. I also painted 13 6ft. giant images on the other wall of our Swim Program in the order in which kids learn to swim. These paintings help our Coaches to stay on track and to help the kids to have goals to reach and lastly it helps the parents to see what their child has learned. We even have 38 cotton candy clouds hanging from our ceiling.

At the age of 14 is when I discovered I was an artist. I had to draw a picture from a picture that I took when my final outcome was better than the photograph I knew I had a gift. I also come from a family of artists, but never knew I had the talent until then. My medium was graphite, charcoal and ink. I had never painted in my life until I had to paint my swim school!

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Well we live in Argyle! So the king of the this area is Marty B’s so we would check out all of this resturants and we also sell his ice cream at our Swim School as well.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My husband Preston, He had the vision for my Swim School. He quit his job being a Captain Pilot at American to build my dream swim school. He did so much of the construction and hard labor to allow me to have our dream. He did all of this because he belived in my and my vision. We were sadly kicked out of our 2 backyards from our HOA and had to rent out 10 backyard pool over a Spring and Summer just to be able to save kids lives! After 16 yrs of being in backyard pools we now have our one to call our own! We are going to franchise this Fall!!!

Website: https://www.swimmingfishies.net

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swimming.fishies/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swimmingfishiesswimschool

Image Credits
Kayleigh Nurss, Eli Montes

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