Judy Strauss has been a competitive swimmer for the last 40 years. She competed in college before Title Nine was enacted. She is currently an active competitor in Masters Swimming.

She began coaching swimming in 1976 as an assistant in an age group program in Syracuse, New York. In the mid 1990s she coached a high school swim team. When she is not coaching or swimming she is teaching mathematics at Los Altos High School. Judy says "I like to bring math into my workouts and swimming into my classroom."