Illinois Wesleyan

Marielena Castillo joined the athletic training staff prior to the 2025-26 academic year. Castillo will work primarily with women's soccer and men's and women's track and field.

A familiar face in the Bloomington-Normal Community, Castillo returns to the area after spending the last year as an ATI Outreach Athletic Trainer at Peoria High School, where she spent the summer leading up the it working as an ATC and physician extender at Hopedale Medical Complex. Castillo received her Master's in Athletic Training from Illinois State University in 2024, where she earned the Illinois State MAT Professional Development Award. During her two years in graduate school, Castillo worked with the ISU women's volleyball team, the ISU track and field team, and helped with the IWU men's lacrosse team in 2024. She received her Bachelor of Art in Biology and Psychology from CCIW foe Augustana College in 2020.