Dr. ACE is a Licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor who treats from a root-cause perspective with emphasis on optimizing the body’s terrain with personalized natural medicine. She completed her medical education at Sonoran University of Health Sciences (formerly Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona, with extensive additional training in Bio-identical Hormone Replacement therapy including Physiologic Hormone Restoration, Athletic Performance, Environmental Medicine and Regenerative Injection therapies.Her experiences of pain and dysfunction at an early age following an auto accident, left her determined to build a strong and healthy body. She continues, to this day, with a rigorous strength and conditioning program. Her experiences with limitations, injuries and digestive issues have sparked her passion for treating others and empowering them to create their ideal health. Dr. ACE is well aware of how acute and chronic pain can affect performance and recovery, and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. She is also a mom with extensive experience and research in how to raise healthy and vital children. Her goal with all of her patients is to help them become an active participant in their health care decisions and treatments. This includes finding the root cause of dysfunction to alleviate symptoms, truly heal the body and increase performance.Dr. ACE is passionate about movement, health and community. She is a lifelong athlete with a diverse sports background including competitive basketball, swimming and triathlon at the collegiate level and strength and conditioning. She loves getting outdoors and enjoying our beautiful California weather with her family and the healthy opportunities our community offers.Dr. ACE is a member of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Regenerative Medicine, the National Academy of Environmental Medicine, the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine, the Weston A. Price Foundation, and on the Clinical Advisory Board for the Women’s Hormone Network.