Kelsy Pacheco, former graduate assistant athletic trainer at FIU, was named assistant athletic trainer at Fordham in May of 2023. She will work with the Fordham track and field and cross country programs.
 
Pacheco arrives at Rose Hill after serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at FIU from 2021-2023 where she worked with the swimming and diving, beach volleyball, and cheerleading programs. Among her responsibilities were mentoring MSAT students while in their clinical rotations with athletics, providing cross coverage for unassigned sports teams when needed, and assisting with preseason physicals, completed all EKGs for 2021 & 2022. Pacheco evaluated, treated, and rehabilitated injuries with a focus on the shoulder with the swimming and diving squad and developed and implemented rehabilitation program for chronic and acute injuries with the Cheerleading program.
 
As an undergraduate Athletic Training Student at the University of Miami from 2017-2021 Pacheco worked clinical rotations with the Football, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Volleyball, and Men’s Tennis teams.
 
A 2021 graduate of the University of Miami with a degree in Athletic Training, Pacheco earned a master’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science with a concentration in Strength & Conditioning from FIU in 2023. She is a BOC certified athletic trainer and is CPR, AED and first aid certified by the American Heart Association.