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About WML Aquatics
A Personal Message:
Wendie Lubinsky - I am the owner and CEO of WML Aquatics. Since 1996 I have been certified by the American Red Cross as an Instructor Trainer. I find teaching American Red Cross classes to be greatly rewarding and I love certifying students to do the same. It doesn't matter whether you hold a base level lifeguarding card or if you become an instructor, the rewards are all the same. Knowing that you are helping your community by either being prepared in case of an emergency or actually performing CPR, is giving back in immeasurable ways. Every time I help an injured victim or teach someone how to use and AED machine I know that there is one more person out there who will respond appropriately in an emergency situation. If I give one person the skills to aid in a car accident or respond to someone choking on their food in a restaurant then I have fulfilled my duty as an American Red Cross Instructor. So come be a lifeguard at a pool for the summer, teach a child to swim or become a CPR instructor and know what it feels like to be apart of a safer and healthier community.
Cari Hallion is president of WML Aquatics. She has been an Aquatics professional since 1990. As the Waterfront Director of a large camp Cari trained and supervised a staff of 30 lifeguards, Water Safety Instructors, as well as a full boating program on a large lake. She was also asked to present the camp's waterfront safety procedures at the Putnam County Health Department seminar. Cari was asked to pilot a joint venture between the New York State Health Department and the American Red Cross on water safety. Cari is a lead swim instructor at PACE University. As a volunteer for the American Red Cross in Westchester County Cari has devoted many hours teaching for the chapter and is part of the Health & Safety committee. She is certified as an Instructor and an Instructor trainer in Lifeguarding, Water Safety Instructor, Small Craft Safety, Responding to Emergencies First Aid and Wilderness First Aid.
Vania Cheung has been around aquatics for most of her life. At a very young age she taught herself how to swim with some guidance from her father. She prepared herself for eight years of competitive swimming which she started her freshman year in high school. Vania finished her high school career as a captain of her team and continued her swimming career in the collegiate level at SUNY Oswego. There she experienced a lot of success and in her last year was once again a captain of her team. Besides her competitive swimming, she has also been a lifeguard since the age of 16 and had gained a lot of experience through her years of work. Vania has also volunteered as a community swim coach and have helped many young swimmers improve in their strokes. Vania combines her love of swimming, her experience as a lifeguard and as a coach to provide the best experience for her students. Vania is currently certified as a Water Safety Instructor and a Lifeguard Instructor.
Angela Reeve has been involved with swimming her whole life going back to when she led her seasonal division III swim team to State Champions several years running. She teaches swim lessons year-round and helped develop several aquatics programs such as Learn-to-Swim and instructor level classes at various facilities. She enjoys working with adults teaching adult Learn-to-Swim and leads an arthritis aquatics program for active older adults. Angela also teaches WSI at various facilities as an Instructor Trainer for the American Red Cross in Westchester County as well as WML Aquatics LLC.
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Stacey Schriro has loved the water since she was very young. With the help of her father she learned to swim very quickly. Every chance she got she was in the water. While studying education in college Stacey became certified as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), a SCUBA diver, and a lifeguard. She has been lifeguarding at a summer camp for 4 years and has been one of the pool directors for 2 of those 4 years. She also has been a volunteer firefighter, EMT, and rescue SCUBA diver with the Somers Volunteer Fire Department for about 8 years. Recently Stacey decided to combine her love of teaching children and adults with her love of the water. Stacey is certified as a Water Safety Instructor and as a Lifeguard Instructor.
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Thomas Semeta - As a lithuanian native, Thomas Semeta moved to United States to work as a summer camp professional in 1998. Through the past 10 years Thomas has worked and directed a variety of summer camp programs and during the past 4 years Thomas has been an Assistant Director for Camp Homeward Bound - a Coaltion For The Homeless residential summer camp program for homeless and formerly homeless children from NYC. Thomas is an avid enthusiast of various outdoor and water activities and has received his Red Cross lifeguard certification in 2002 as well as Lifeguard Instructor certification a few years after that. Thomas has lead many pool and waterfront lifeguard courses in the past six years for his summer staff as well as various courses throughout the year.
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Jay Porteus has been in and around the water for most of his life. His aquatic adventures started with YMCA lessons and swim team, continued with USAS and high school swimming, and ended after college. He became a lifeguard in high school and is still known to sit on the chair from time to time. After receiving his education degree from Ithaca College, Jay went on to coach swimming on both the East and West Coasts. He is currently a certified New York State schoolteacher and USA Swimming coach. Jay has just recently joined the WML Aquatics team as a Lifeguard Instructor.
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Brian Desnoyers has been teaching and training swimmers for seven years. After completing the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program at age ten, he made the transition to eight years of competitive swimming. His enthusiasm for swimming led him to want to share his knowledge with others as a swim instructor. Upon turning 15, Brian became certified as a lifeguard. Today, Brian is a swim coach for both the JCC in Dutchess County and Tymor Park, and is a lifeguard and swimming instructor for the Town of Union Vale. He reads extensively about swimming, athletic training, and water safety and enjoys passing that knowledge onto his students. Brian currently has instructor certifications in Lifeguarding, Water Safety, and Wilderness and Remote First Aid.
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Laura Chaisson grew up in Maine swimming in local rivers and lakes, and her favorite, the ocean. At 15, she was certified as an American Red Cross Lifeguard at the local YMCA so she could work in and around the water year-round. She has worked as a lifeguard at a variety of Maine’s fine water-parks, lake-fronts, YMCA’s and beaches. Laura also spent many years teaching swim lessons for a variety of ages and swim levels. In the spring of 2011, she was offered a summer job as an Aquatics Director at the Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation in the beautiful northern Adirondacks of New York, and found herself certified to teach the Boy Scout Lifeguard course, along with a wide variety of aquatics merit badges. Laura loved New York so much that she decided to stay here, and was happy to join the WML Aquatics team. She is also very involved in the Boy Scouts of America, and teaches aquatics merit badges through the Westchester-Putnam Council.
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Navin Bhatia taught himself how to swim at the age of eleven. Soon after, he became the captain of his high school swim team, and a certified lifeguard. Navin got his first start in the pool industry as a lifeguard. Along the way, he learned construction, leadership and management skills, and was eventually promoted to head lifeguard. Soon after that, he became an area supervisor, where he had to manage 20 lifeguards and the operation of 12 swimming pool facilities. After four short years, he moved into his rewarding position as a lifeguard instructor. Navin’s love of water has translated into a love of working for the pool industry. Navin combines his love for teaching and swimming through his lifeguarding while making sure his students have the knowledge and skills to take on any challenges thrown their way.
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