Austin Parks and Recreation Aquatics: Maintenance and Other Staff Maintenance workers, lifeguards, and other Aquatics staff lent their expertise to the project through production development, providing histories and archives of the pool. Forklift Danceworks choreographers job shadowed and worked along maintenance staff to research movement that became choreographed sequences in the show.
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Austin Parks and Recreation Aquatics: Lifeguards The lifeguards shared stories of Bartholomew Pool and their work with choreographers. They showcased their expertise by performing life saving drills and water rescues that they practice on a regular basis. There were lifeguards assigned to the performance that were guarding the pool even during the show while other […]
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My Park, My Pool, My City Citizens Advisory Committee Laura Morrison (Chair) / Former City Council Member and Aquatics Advocate Rodney Ahart / Executive Director, Keep Austin Beautiful and Windsor Park resident Dr. Laura Cortez / Community Engagement Consultant Jerry De La Huerta / Coach, Reagan High School Estrella De León / Go! Austin/ ¡Vamos! […]
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Maya Kidd hails from Austin and is in her 5th season of lifeguarding. She is a student at Marist College in New York where she is a tour guide and “ambassador” for the school. Last fall she studied in Florence, Italy.
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Mario Navarrete was born in Mexico City, but raised largely in Austin. This is his second season with Aquatics and he especially enjoys teaching swim lessons to children. Mario is also a practitioner of Yangtze water therapy, which uses supported floating in water as a method to overcome trauma or to relax emotionally.
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Juan Hernandez is Lead Mechanic II for Austin Aquatics and has been with the Aquatics Division for 10 years. He was born on the East side of Austin and grew up swimming at Martin Pool. He and his wife have three daughters and three stepsons. When he’s not on the job he likes hanging out […]
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Anaires Rizo first performed in Bartholomew Swims as a student at Reagan High School, where she completed the SwimATX program. She improved her swimming skills, completed her lifeguard certification and was in her first season of lifeguarding for the performances. In the 2018 season, she became a Manager at Givens Neighborhood Pool and was again featured in Givens […]
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Adrian Ortega is the Recreation Program Specialist for Aquatics. Adrian began swimming competitively at age nine, and went on to be a Texas high school state champion, swimming for LBJ High School. His career continued into college where he swam for The University of the Incarnate Word. Adrian has worked full time for the city […]
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PAUL SLUTES is the Aquatics Maintenance Supervisor. He started swimming as a baby with his dad at Northwest Pool, where at age 13 he became a Pool Attendant. At 17, he became the Pool Manager of Bartholomew and at age 18, Paul became Seasonal District Supervisor of East Central Austin. He has worked with Aquatics […]
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