20 years later, Ariko Iso reflects on making NFL history
Ariko Iso became the NFL's first full-time, female athletic trainer in 2002, when she accepted a job with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ariko Iso became the NFL's first full-time, female athletic trainer in 2002, when she accepted a job with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ariko Iso became the NFL's first full-time, female athletic trainer in 2002, when she accepted a job with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In 2002, Ariko Iso became the first full-time, female athletic trainer in the NFL when she accepted a job with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, her interest in sports medicine began after a basketball injury when she was a teenager.
Twenty years later, she looks back on that historic hire, as well as her experience with the Steelers and on the collegiate level, and shares a message for others interested in the field.
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