My name is Matt Harrigan, the founder of Swim LA. It’s a learn to swim program in Los Angeles focusing on learn to swim for all ages and abilities. My background is in competitive swimming. I’ve been a competitive swimmer my whole life. But my parents did start me in swimming lessons in my infancy. And I took to the water very well. I ended up being a 5x state champion in Pennsylvania as well as a 2x Ivy League champion at Princeton U and then competed in the US Olympic trials in 2000. Since then, though, I’ve been focusing my efforts on what I believe is more rewarding. Teaching children and adults how to swim. Giving them the gift of swimming. I’m a father of one. My wife is due with our next son in about 7 days. My son’s 18 months old. He loves swimming. He knows a lot about swimming already for his age. And he’s excited to be a big brother soon. We make swimming a family activity as often as we can. I actually met my wife in Maui at a swimming competition. All together we like to swim, scuba, travel, skiing, hiking, all types of things. Anything I can do with my son is fun. And of course just reading and listening to music with him as well.