Our Story
Safe Swim School was founded in 2022 in San Antonio, Texas and specializes in survival swim lessons. Our goal is to keep children safe and confident in the water by teaching them survival swim skills. These skills will teach your children to roll to their backs, float, breathe and eventually start the swimming process depending on their age. Children have constant contact with water and these techniques will keep them safe and can avoid tragic accidents.
We differ from other programs in the area because we teach with a gentle, child development-based approach, which makes your kids safe and happy swimmers. Our program allows children to learn lifesaving swim skills at a very young age that will change their relationship with the water and also keep them safe.
Early swim lessons set the foundation towards future participation in a variety of water activities, sports and adventures. We are excited to bring experienced survival swim lessons and promote water safety to the San Antonio area.
Meet Gabriela Mills
My name is Gabriela Mills. I am the owner and operator of Safe Swim School. I hold certifications with Survival Swim Development Network and American Red Cross Adult & Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED. I have successfully completed Swimming with Autism training and have a complete background check.
My experience in the water started at a very young age swimming constantly with my family in the ocean that translated to wonderful experiences swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving. When my two children were toddlers, I felt the need to keep them safe around the pools, bayous and lakes around our house. We enrolled them in the Infant survival program and they learned to be safe, to respect and have fun in the water. My daughter’s passion for swimming has surpassed our expectations and now she is a college swimmer.
I have worked as a survival swim instructor since 2015 and I see in every student an opportunity to save a life. My goal is to see every student master water safety and enjoy the beauty of swimming by teaching them in a gentle, child development-based manner. I want to give parents the tools to take control of their child’s water safety and provide my students with confidence to swim and respect the water for the rest of their life.
When the parents of my swimmers tell me that their child has fallen into the water and saved his/her own life by floating or swimming to the edge that is a success story in my books. I look forward to working with you and your family to initiate a positive relationship between your swimmer and the water.