Sandra Guynes, MSN, RN, is a nurse educator with a passion for holistic health and healing. She earned her BS in Nursing from Hampton University and her MSN in Education from Walden University. Sandra has been an educator for 16 years, teaching on faculty at Hampton University, Carolina’s College of Health Sciences, and Cabarrus College …
Kat (Heagberg) Rebar (eRYT-500) (she/they) has been teaching yoga regularly since 2005. Kat is the former editor in chief of Yoga International, co-author of Yoga Where You Are with Dianne Bondy (Shambhala, 2020), and co-editor of Embodied Resilience Through Yoga: 30 Mindful Essays About Finding Empowerment After Addiction, Trauma, Grief, and Loss (Llewellyn, 2020). Her …
Dr. Ryan A. Ruiz, DACM, L.Ac, Dipl. OM, completed his Master of Science of Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) degree from the Pacific College of Health and Science’s (PCHS) Chicago campus in December 2016. After completing his board exams and achieving licensure in early 2017, Dr. Ruiz worked in an integrated setting alongside massage therapists, chiropractors, …
Dr Vachetta Dillard earned her Doctorate’s in acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College in Chicago, IL and earned a Master’s in Human and Health Performance Coaching, along with a Medical Cannabis Care Certification with Pacific College San Diego campus. She is certified in Facial Enhancement Acupuncture and very knowledgeable in Sports Medicine Acupuncture. Vachetta …
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Dr. Lilly received a PhD in Nursing from Indiana University in 2001; dissertation topic–caregiver response to behaviors of the person diagnosed with dementia. Areas of clinical experience and interest include outpatient/inpatient/and tertiary psychiatric care for adults and older adults, maternal-child health, public health, and primary care. Dr. Lilly has faculty and teaching experience at the undergraduate, …
Dr. Edmunds is a board-certified licensed acupuncturist, Health and Human Performance coach, and certified practitioner of medical qigong. She completed her initial acupuncture studies at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine (2014) and received her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science (2019). She then received her Master’s in …
Dr. Ann Dinan, is an ICF certified Executive Leadership Coach at the PCC level, a professor, researcher, author and leadership consultant. She has lived overseas and brings an intercultural framework and paradigm to her work. She completed her Ph.D. from Washington University in St Louis, studying social science research and previously was awarded a M.S.S.A. …
Dr. Marcy B. Newman serves as the Employee Whole Health Program Manager for the Phoenix VA Health Care System and transferred from VA Pacific Islands Health Care System in 2020. Her role helps empower and equip employees in their workplace and enables them by addressing “What Matters Most” to them, including Whole Health Program/Self-Care/Mindfulness (and …
Semira Semino-Asaro, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, is very grateful to be part of such a wonderful community of scholars. Her professional nursing background has been influenced by an abiding interest in human development across the life span with a particular emphasis on the complexities of sociocultural and psychological factors impacting health during major life transitions. Her …
Yahaira Paulino BS, LMT, LE (she/her) Yahaira Paulino is a Pacific College of Health and Science MT graduate, a NY licensed aesthetician and health coach certified via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Previous to her various trainings within the field of healthcare, Yahaira graduated with a degree in political science and international relations from Purchase College …