Michael Armatys and Tisha Armatys bought a three-bedroom, two-bath at 2023 Stratford Ave. in South Pasadena from Kirk E. Mann for $811,000 on July 7.

Mann paid $890,000 for the property in July 2007. The 1,696-square-foot home was built in 1928.

Mr. Armatys is a senior systems and software engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley.

He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University. He also attended the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Ms. Armatys is a health educator at the University Park Health Center at USC. She also serves as a facilitator of the National College Health Assessment, a biennial survey that collects data about students' health habits, behaviors and perceptions. She joined USC in 2003 as an assistant director for career services.

She has a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of Kansas and a master's degree in college student affairs from Azusa Pacific University.

There were 141 sales in South Pasadena in 2008, with a median price of $681,000.

Address: 2023 Stratford Avenue
Buyer(s): Michael J Armatys and Tisha J Armatys
Seller(s): Kirk E Mann
Sale date: Jul. 7, 2009