Meriel Mitsakos is a certified Water Safety Instructor with 11 years of experience as a lifeguard and swim instructor. In addition to giving private swim instruction, she is an assistant coach at Beach Cities Swimming and a lifeguard and swim instructor for the City of Santa Monica.

Meriel swam competitively for 15 years, qualifying for Junior Olympics for 10 years and medaling eight times. She served as captain of the Mira Costa High School swim team and qualified for CIF all four years, winning a medal at the championships in 2012. She was a National and Regional Gold Medalist, United States Lifeguard Association (USLA) Junior Lifeguards, and winner of multiple medals.

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