Co-Founder & Swim Director

Honor Kalala is a co-founder and instructor at Rainbow Fish! She has been teaching swim lessons for about 7 years and has spent significant time in and around water as a swimmer, lifeguard and most recently playing water polo at Macalester College where she received a bachelor’s in Psychology. Honor finds it empowering and fulfilling to help new swimmers conquer anxieties in the water and develop a love and respect for swimming! Outside of the pool, she loves working on her hobbies like gardening and crafts!

Head Coach + Director of Outreach
Rose is a lead instructor with Rainbow Fish Swim School and has taught swim lessons for 15 years. She works as a nurse now and is a mom to an awesome 4.5 year old, but they love spending summers at Parkland. She truly enjoys being a part of the journey towards water safety and comfort, by supporting swimmers of all ages to master swim skills. The confidence that comes with learning to swim is immeasurable, so she thanks you for trusting her!

Co-Founder & Program Manager

Claire is a co-founder of Rainbow Fish Swim School. Her focus at RFSS is to organize and coordinate the AMAZING swimmer and instructor schedule. She is a licensed art therapist and professional counselor, working with all kinds of people! Although the majority of her teaching has been outside of the pool, She is a very experienced swimmer and has been proximal to Honor and Rose's swim instruction for years - particularly bridging her therapeutic experience and learning with/from neurodivergent folks to develop adaptive RFSS swim curriculum.