Michaela Asaro begins her first season as the Assistant Wellness & Recreation Director of Wellness in August of 2025.
In her role, Asaro will take over the wellness side of the department, responsible of the management of all campus wellness activities including group exercise classes and any additional wellness events throughout the year, along with helping with the oversight of the East and West curves, which includes supervision of student staff and co-building management with Assistant Wellness & Recreation Director of Recreation, Skyler Cain.
Prior to New Paltz, Asaro worked for Syracuse University where she served as the Facilities Coordinator-Operations at the Barnes Center, while also maintaining her position as a graduate assistant at SUNY Cortland where she oversaw facilities, aquatics and safety for the Student Life Center as a member of the Campus Recreation staff.
In her role at Syracuse, Asaro supervised and directed more than 100 student staff workers, along with overseeing all events and rentals in the facility and was responsible for the recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling and performance of said student staff. While at Cortland, she also planned, trained, supervised and evaluated building supervisor, managers, lifeguard and open rec staff along with general supervision of daily operations of Campus Recreation.
Asaro earned her undergraduate in Physical Education at SUNY Cortland before completing her Master of Science in Management, Leisure Services at the College this past spring. Originally from the Hudson Valley area, she returns close to home to help complete a now fully staffed Wellness and Recreation Department at SUNY New Paltz.
