Our Featured Staff Member: Luis Castellon

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LUIS CASTELLON, OUR 2019 YOUTH PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR! LUIS IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL AT BURTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

He has been with us for the past three years—we are very lucky to have him on our team!

Luis is passionate about kinesiology, physical education, and teaching. These interests have influenced him to create Club programs such as Sports Science, which involves lessons on multiple sports, anatomy, and physiology in the form of activities. For instance, in a hands-on lesson about neurons, members made their own reflex hammers and learned how to properly hit the tendon that causes the knee jerk response.

Luis will be transferring to Fresno State in the Fall to major in physical education and kinesiology. He hopes to become a teacher and continue his work as a mentor that he first began with our Clubs.

Luis said, "I chose to work as a Youth Development Coach because it gives me a chance to be someone who I wish I could have had when I was the age of a member. It gives me the opportunity to be a mentor, a role model, and in a lot of cases a leader for many members."