Carisa Gaylardo on Blogger: NYS's Gianaris Recognizes Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria

Friday, September 6, 2019

NYS's Gianaris Recognizes Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria

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A New York State-certified physical education teacher, Carisa Gaylardo serves as a fitness professional at Lifetime Athletic Fitness, located in Garden City, New York. Over her career, Carisa Gaylardo has regularly shared her talents with the community through diverse initiatives, including helping to organize women’s self-defense seminars at the Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria, a New York City public school established in 2006.

The Middle School Team from the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria won the 2019 Computer Science for All Hack League Final, and, to honor the achievement, New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris presented the team with a resolution. In part, the resolution commends the students on their dedication to performing at a high level in academic and scientific competition.

A component of the Computer Science for All initiative, the Hack League program invites students to solve problems affecting their communities using open data and computer science concepts. The Middle School Team of the Young Women’s Leadership School competed in this year's Hack League alongside about 1,700 other students from across the five boroughs of New York City. The team won the competition for developing an app aimed at combating pollution.

About Carisa Gaylardo

A NASM-certified personal trainer, Carisa Gaylardo has served as a fitness professional and stretch therapist at Lifetime Athletic Fitness in Garden City, New York, since 2018. Among her primary responsibilities, Carisa Gaylardo participates in weekly educational workshops for staff and manages client progress and goals.

Carisa Gaylardo has also worked as a fitness professional and stretch therapist at UFC GYM in New Hyde Park, New York, where her main achievements include earning the President Club award and being responsible for bringing in more than $100,000 in sales between 2015 and 2018.

Carisa Gaylardo prepared for her career as a personal trainer by earning a bachelor of science and master of science in physical education from SUNY Cortland. As an undergraduate, she made dean's list every year and fought her way to the 2005 NCAA Softball College World Series. She has earned multiple professional certifications in addition to being a NASM-certified personal trainer, including corrective exercise specialist (CES), cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator (CPR/AED), dotFIT in nutrition, and is New York State-certified in physical education.