By Kristin Carroll
Midge Peterson, MS, LAT, ATC, didn’t know what she wanted to do with her life when she graduated high school. She attended college for a bit but ended up working her way through the ranks in a restaurant.
“I realized that’s not what I wanted to do with my life,” she said.
Jonathan Reidy, LAT, ATC, OPE-C, joined NATA during his time as an athletic training student at Springfield College.
By Kristin Carroll
Axel Moncada, MA, LAT, ATC, head athletic trainer for Papillion La Vista High School in Pappillion, Nebraska, has his sights set on building the profession. In his third year of certification, Moncada is already aiming for leadership, expressing a desire to one day take on the role of NATA president.
By Kristin Carroll
“I think I’ll be an NATA member for life now,” said Kelli Florio, LAT, ATC, CSCS, an athletic trainer in the armed forces setting. “But I think it took something that directly impacted me to understand exactly what NATA was doing; for me to understand where that money was going.”