Shiloh Korom has been swimming her whole life. After relocating to Texas from California in 2016, she opened Vista Swim Academy last year to teach kids how to love swimming too.
Back on the West Coast, Korom worked with a multi-location swim school for over seven years. When she moved to Texas, she began teaching kids to swim on her own out of backyard pools in Helotes. “It went from four to five families to 20, and it just kept getting bigger and bigger,” said Korom. “It was then that I realized that there was a need for quality lessons and consistent structures in a loving environment.” Korom began searching for Vista Swim’s permanent home in 2019, and she is happy to have found a fitting place for her swim school in Boerne. Now, she has her sights set on ensuring water safety and confidence in both kids and their parents. “It was instilled in me from a young age that a lot of things can happen that you can’t control, but if we can make you water-safe, that’s what we’re going to do.”
Korom says kids must learn to be “water safe,” which includes knowing how to swim well. “My grandmother had us in swim lessons from a very young age,” Korom recalled, adding that her parents required that she introduce herself to the lifeguards wherever she went for a swim. But water safety isn’t limited to only swim lessons, she stresses. It also means always having active adult supervision when kids are in the water. “If people have a pool, I really like to preach to make sure that you’re CPR certified and make sure you would know how to rescue your child if something were to happen,” Korom explains. But she emphasizes that it’s not about fear, it’s about enabling everyone to have fun through safety and peace of mind. “We never want to instill a fear in kids, but if we can teach them how to love the water, how to respect it, and be safe in it, that’s always our goal.”
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