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Patty Gallego
(626) 585-3205
pxgallego@pasadena.edu

Patty Gallego grew up in Pasadena and attended Pasadena City College, where she was a student-athlete in the Women's Basketball Program. She successfully transferred to California State University, Long Beach where she earned her Bachelor Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Education. She continued on to earn her Master's in Education from Azusa Pacific University.

She started off involving herself at the high school level, where she was a teacher, Director of Student Activities, and Athletic Trainer. She later accepted the Assistant Athletic Trainer position at Glendale College and was there for less than a year when one of the Head Athletic Trainer positions at Pasadena opened up in early 2000. Since then, she has been Head Athletic Trainer and adjunct faculty, teaching First Aid and CPR as an American Red Cross Instructor.

Patty is actively involved in the California Athletic Trainers' Association as the Public Relations Chair where she promotes public awareness of the profession of Athletic Training and helps deal with legislative issues in the State of California.

Rudy Aguilar
(626) 585-7796
rxaguilar@pasadena.edu

Rudy Aguilar has a bachelor degree in Kinesiology emphasis in Athletic Training from California State University of Long Beach in 1994. He was certified by the NATABOC (National Athletic Training Association Board of Certification) as an ATC (Athletic Trainer Certified) and NSCABOC (National Strength and Conditioning Association Board of Certification) as a CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) both in 1996. In the summer of 1996 he graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Masters of Education.

Rudy has been with Pasadena City College for the past twelve years as the Head Athletic Trainer. He is in charge of sixteen intercollegiate sports, duties included evaluations of injuries, prevention of injuries, rehabilitation programs and administration of daily activities in the Sport Medicine Department. He is also the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for varies Sports, he designs and implements Strength and Conditioning programs for off-season sports year around and supervises his teams during in-season.

He has been an advent weight lifer for the past twenty-two years and has work in the fitness field for about three years. He was a Strength Coach consulted at South Pasadena High School for two years as well as the Head Athletic Trainer for fourteen sports. He also did a two year rotation at La Canada High School as the Head Athletic Trainer for fourteen sports and the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football for two years.