Raena Steffen is a graduate of the University of South Florida Athletic Training Education Program, earning her bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training with a minor in Public Health in 2009, and her post-professional master's degree in Medical Sciences, with a concentration in Athletic Training and Pediatric Sports Medicine, graduating in 2013.
During her career as a certified athletic trainer, she has worked across a variety of settings, including in administration, the physician clinic, the rehabilitation clinic, research, secondary schools, club sports, and national-team sports, including traveling domestically and internationally with various US Soccer Women’s Youth National Teams and the USA Gymnastics Women’s National Team. Her work as an AT began at Hillsborough High School, providing care at the secondary school level. She then joined Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, working alongside sports medicine physicians and orthopaedic surgeons providing care in the clinics and on the sidelines.

She returned to her alma mater, the University of South Florida, as the Outreach Coordinator for the Sports Medicine and Athletic Related Trauma (SMART) Institute, overseeing 11 ATs in local secondary schools. Following the closure of the SMART Institute in 2020, she resumed practice in the clinical setting, working as an AT in the physician clinic at a local private practice: Children’s Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates, LLP (COSSA). In addition to patient care, here she helped to create and held the role of research coordinator, helping COSSA to develop their research department and subsequently their research foundation. She continues to work as a consultant for the practice.

In 2024, Raena joined PT Solutions Physical Therapy as the Director of Sports Medicine for Florida. In this role, she oversees nearly 50 full-time ATs, primarily in the secondary school setting, and 40 per diem ATs who assist with contracts across the State. She routinely engages with key stakeholders, including local hospital systems, orthopaedic and sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic directors, and the community to ensure the level of care delivered is of the highest quality, giving student-athletes the chance to remain UNSTOPPABLE.

In her free time, Raena enjoys spending her time near or on the water, reading, baking, propagating and growing tropical flowers, and spending time with her boyfriend, her dog Dora, and her friends. She is an active member of the Junior League of Tampa, participating in various community service programs, awareness campaigns, and charity events.