Born into a family of championship dancers, “Dancing with the Stars” celebrity dance instructor Lacey Schwimmer grew up in Moreno Valley, CA to parents Laurie Kauffman and noted West Coast Swing dancer, Buddy Schwimmer. She is the younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, winner of the second season of “So You Think You Can Dance?” (Fox, 2005- ). Although she began training at age six, it was not until she hit her teens that she realized that dancing was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.At age seven, Schwimmer and partner Brian Cordoba danced in the 1995 U.S. Open Swing Dance
