Coach Desiré was born and raised in Fort Smith, AR. She started teaching when she moved to Arizona in 2013. She worked at SwimKids USA in mesa, AZ for a year before she moved to San Antonio,TX in 2014. She then got a job at a swim school in San Antonio. She worked there for 5 years before she partnered with Ashley to create Blue Laguna Swim School. Coach Desiré has two kids, Finnegan and Ophelia. She loves all her swimmers as if they were her own!