Pat Caruso

I grew up in Wisconsin and was always at the YMCA. It was a great institution for me and my siblings. We loved swimming and were members of the swim team and participated in synchronized swimming. Once old enough to work we became swim instructors and lifeguards. I have the YMCA in my blood!

After I graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreational Therapy I moved to California to be an aquatics director at the Greater Los Angeles YMCA.

I moved to New York for personal changes and used my past Y experiences to take on a part time job at the Rye Y. I started as a receptionist, and quickly moved into a fitness and aquatic instructor. I was one of the few baby class instructors at that time in the late 1980s!

I left the Y and became a teacher for 25 years. Two years ago, I retired and I said ‘the day I retire I am going back to the Rye Y’. I’ve been teaching the baby swim classes for the past two years and I love it. I often wonder if the new parents in my current classes were toddlers in my classes back in the day!

I personally love the fitness classes and staff at the Rye Y. I am living out my best days at the Y and I hope to do so for many years to come! I enjoy participating in the fitness classes and teaching!