Burena enters her first year as a graduate assistant working with the ETSU women’s tennis and cheerleading. She comes to ETSU after working as an athletic training intern with Wofford College. While at Wofford, she was the primary athletic trainer for baseball and cross-county and also assisted with football. Burena graduated in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Human Performance concentrating in Athletic Training from the University of Tennessee at Martin. While at UTM she worked with men’s and women’s basketball, tennis, softball, volleyball, and football. Burena was a varsity cheerleader at UTM and speaks fluent German. She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sports Management here at ETSU.