Luzita is a faculty member and Program Director for the University of Arkansas’ professional athletic training program. Prior to the University of Arkansas, Luzita was a faculty member and Clinical Education Coordinator at the University of Virginia. She has served as a faculty member at the University of Texas Arlington where she coordinated the Standardized Patient Lab and facilitated interprofessional education activities. She also worked at Texas State University where she served as the Clinical Education Coordinator for 6 years and served as the Coordinator of the Post-Professional Athletic Training Program and Pre-Rehabilitation Sciences program for 2 years. Luzita has also worked clinically as an athletic trainer in her jobs at both West Chester University (field hockey and women’s lacrosse) and Hope College (variety of sports).

 Luzita is an active member in the profession. She served as the Chair of the CAATE Standard Committee and on the editorial board of Athletic Training and Sports Health Care. She also reviews manuscripts for the Journal of Athletic Training, Journal of Sports Rehabilitation and Athletic Training Education Journal.  She served on the Professional Education Council and helped to develop the 5th edition of the NATA Education Competencies. She also served on the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee (EDAC) and chaired the Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association’s EDAC.