Johnnie Means Aquatics prepares kids to swim one stroke at a time

Johnnie Means Aquatics prepares kids to swim one stroke at a time

Johnnie Means Aquatics co-founder Dominique Hamilton works with swimming students on techniques during an even practice session at the Texas Southern Rec Center. Credit: Jimmie Aggison/DefenderDesiree Smith grew up in a household where swimming was taboo.Her mother had just seen so much destruction from it. She had experienced friends, cousins and neighbors die as a result of drowning, so she forbade Desiree from going anywhere near the water un…