Tiffany Yip, a former All-American Swimmer with 16 years teaching experience, who is the founder of this program. Tiffany has been an excellent swimmer since she was in high school and college. In 1990, she was the most outstanding swimmer in New York City High School; While in college, Tiffany was the champion and the record keeper in New York Metropolitan and University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship from 1991 to 1993. On top of these accomplishments, she was also recognized as All-American Swimmer at NCAA Championship in 1991 and 1992.

Being a good swimmer, Tiffany started her teaching career in college. When she first started, she only taught student privately with a small group of two or three. Through the years of teaching, her name was well known in Chinese community and more than ten thousands students have learned successfully from her program. Many of her students were also elected in the school-swimming team. Some of them even became Junior Olympic Swimmers and Zone Qualifers.

With the request and the support from her students, Tiffany began her formal swimming program, and established Dolphin Swimming in 1997. She now also is WSI Swimming Instructor, Instructor Trainer of American Red Cross in Greater New York, Certified Coach of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and member of the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA).