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Meet Our Team
Harriet Adams
Owner, PTA, BA
Harriet is the owner of Aquatic Consultants of Georgia, Inc. She attended Saint Mary's College in Raleigh, N.C. and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, she completed the physical therapist assistant program at Gwinnett Technical Institute and studied aquatic physical therapy techniques in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
Harriet co-authored Aquatic Exercise Toolbox, which is published by Human Kinetics. She is an active member of the Aquatic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and served on their board for seven years. The Physical Therapy Association of Georgia awarded Harriet the "Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant" award in 2004. She also served on the Board of the Junior League of Atlanta and was the recipient of the 2003 Fidelity award from the American Red Cross.
Harriet was also honored with the 2005 "Women to Watch" where she was honored by her Junior League peers. Currently, Harriet serves on the Board of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia. She is also the owner of Aquatic Integrated Therapy, LLC, an outpatient physical therapy clinic. Harriet is married with two kids and lives in Buckhead.
Ablavi Koudonou
Aquatic Director
Ablavi was born in West Africa, Togo and currently resides in Stonecrest, Ga. She graduated from Herzing University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Ablavi has been a lifeguard for six years and taught swim lessons for more than 10 years and counting. She is currently certified as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, Babysitter Instructor and holds an adult and pediatric CPR/AED certification. Ablavi has experience in teaching swim lessons to children with special needs as well as adults swim lessons. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her family and friends.
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Toni Stalling
WSI Swim Instructor
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Seasonal Instructor
Toni grew up in Stone Mountain, Ga., where her love for swimming began. She learned how to swim at a very young age, and then joined her first competitive swim team at the age of 10. During high school, Toni received her lifeguard, CPR, and First-Aid certification; and became one of the head coaches for Dekalb County Parks and Recreation Swim League, working as a senior lifeguard while teaching swim lessons to the youth of the community.
In 2007, Toni graduated from high school and went on to pursue her degree in education at Georgia Southwestern State University. Toni worked as the senior lifeguard and head swim instructor during college. There she gained her experience with teaching and coaching young and old adults how to swim. Toni received her degree in Middle Grades Education with the concentrations of Social Studies and English Language Arts. She connects her passion for teaching in everything she does. “Education goes far beyond any textbook…it’s all around us in every aspect of life.” -Unknown.
In 2007, Toni became a proud member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and serves on the Swim1922 campaign committee for the Eta Sigma chapter of Atlanta. Today, she is the head coach for The Southland summer league swim team and now a swim instructor and Asst. Manager for ACOG.
Paulette Douse
WSI Swim Instructor
Paulette loves working with children of all ages and adults. Teaching others how to swim is a passion of hers, and like any passion, she is always researching and looking up different ways she can teach swim techniques. Paulette has been teaching swim lessons for over 10 years and currently holds a certificate for teaching special need children and adults, Lifeguard, CPR, and First Aid. Her hobbies include reading paranormal/fantasy genre and she also has a dog who loves long walks and chew toys.
Eric Huesca
WSI Swim Instructor
Eric has a natural attraction to the water, learning to swim at eleven months of age. He is currently a swimming instructor at Aquatic Consultants of Georgia, where he shares his passion and respect for the water. Eric is from the greater Atlanta metro area, and graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in Arts & Science. He aims to continue growing as a leader and help find solutions to the challenges we face. Eric is driven by learning new things. Throughout his 5-year academic career, he instructed swimming, and helped start the Georgia State Swim Club serving as Secretary and Coach. As well as working and going to school full-time, Eric took on exploratory projects interning at The Global Village Project, a girls-only refugee school, the Latin American Association, and at Keller Williams Property, to name a few. Traveling, learning S.T.E.M., and kayaking are among Eric’s favorite hobbies.
Anna Kimbrough
WSI Swim Instructor
Anna is a graduated Georgia State University student who loves the water. She swam competitively and recreationally for most of her life. She is currently certified as a lifeguard, CPR- First-Aid, and Water Safety Instructor. Anna has been teaching swim lessons for over 10 years and is passionate that she is teaching a survival skill that will last a lifetime. Her most rewarding part of teaching lessons is watching a beginner progress and knowing that they will never forget what they have learned.
Gabriel Letbetter
WSI Swim Instructor
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Seasonal Instructor
Gabriel was born in Atlanta Georgia and grew up with swimmers all around her. Gabriel has been around water since she was a child, eventually joining the school swim team in her junior year. Gabriel is currently in High School taking college-level classes and ranks among the top students in her school. Being around kids and teaching them is no stranger to her, she’s a seasoned babysitter and has earned her American Red Cross certifications. As a swimmer, she realized that helping others learn to swim was a passion of hers. Gabriel has a tendency of spreading joy and comfort to kids while teaching them the skills they will surely need to know to be lifelong swimmers and making them feel confident in anything they do.
Shawndreca Robinson
WSI Swim Instructor
Shawndreca is originally from Buffalo, NY. Her passion for swimming started at a young age of 4 years old. Shawndreca has been teaching swim for about 5 years and loves to instruct all ages, infants, children, preteens, and adult how to swim. She is adept at demonstrating proper stroke techniques, correcting faults, and implementing important safety standards. "Since the day I touch the water I knew this was something I would love to show others how to do."
Jane Thorton
WSI Swim Instructor
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Seasonal Instructor
Jane was born in Cleverly Maryland and moved to Riverdale, Georgia in 2013. She feels that swimming is one trait that every person should have. To make that change she began teaching people of all ages to swim since she was 15 years old. Swimming is her Passion! Janae currently holds an American Red Cross WSI Certification.
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