Undergraduate Education: UTSA- Biology. Optometry School: University of Houston. Professional Achievements/Associations: TOA, AOA, BCOA. What drives your passion for optometry? The feeling that we get to help to make our patients see and feel better. Getting to have a personal connection with patients and their families. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Giving them the best eye care possible. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Providing the best care possible, by offering patients newest and most appropriate eye care solutions for them. Hobbies/Interests: fishing, traveling, and spending time with family.

Undergraduate Education: University of Denver. Optometry School: Illinois College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: Fellowship, American Academy of Optometry. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Residency in Ocular Disease and Low Vision.

Undergraduate Education: University of Oklahoma. Optometry School: University of Houston, College of Optometry. Certifications/Awards: Doctor of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? By providing comprehensive eye exams for adults and children, diabetic eye exams, contact lens fitting, binocular visual dysfunctions, and ocular disease management. Hobbies/Interests: Family, Outdoor Activities.

Undergraduate Education: Capital University. Optometry School: The Ohio State University. Professional Achievements/Associations: American Optometric Association, Ohio Optometric Association, Beta Sigma Kappa Society. What drives your passion for optometry? The continuing and expanding ability to positively affect patients' quality of life by allowing them to experience it with maximum clarity. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Providing personalized solutions for maximum visual and ocular health. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Providing an experience that is tailored to the patients' motivations for clearer vision in an practice environment where the experience is individualized, and service is both personable and memorable. How are you impacting your local community? With two kids in the local school district, I am involved with many activities and sports teams. Hobbies/Interests: Boating and Fishing with family, rooting on the Buckeyes!

Undergraduate Education: University of North Dakota. Optometry School: Pacific University College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: Beta Sigma Kappa National Honor Society. What drives your passion for optometry? I've wanted to be an optometrist since I was 13 years old. So, I am daily living out my childhood dream. Since graduating in 1999, I still love taking care of my patients' individual needs. How are you helping patients live their best lives? I often say I cannot do a person's work for them, but I can make it easier for them to do their work by meeting their individual visual needs. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? A transformational eyecare experience happens when a person's quality of life is improved by what we prescribe and recommend, and then they refer people to us and come back year after year. How are you impacting your local community? Not only do I help with patients' visual needs, but I have seen many of these people for years, and we become like family. Sometimes I am just a listening ear. Hobbies/Interests: I love traveling and experiencing wine. I enjoy watching baseball, especially when it involves my kids.

Undergraduate Education: Texas Tech University. Optometry School: University of Houston College of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? By specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of ocular diseases routine vision and eye health care, contact lenses, and laser refractive surgery consultation. I am also an active member of the American Optometric Association and the Texas Optometric Association. And finally, I volunteer in multiple charity organizations including Relay for Life, Race for the Cure, and the American Diabetes Organization. Hobbies/Interests: Attending Texas Tech sporting events, water sports, skiing, traveling, and spending time with family.

Undergraduate Education: Indiana University BS in Nutrition Science. Optometry School: University of Houston College of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? Providing comprehensive eye exams for adults and children, medically based optometry focused on diabetic eye health, glaucoma treatment and management, early detection and treatment for macular degeneration, dry eye treatments utilizing available technology, and contact lens fitting including myopia management contact lenses. Hobbies/Interests: crocheting, movies, spending time with my family and dogs.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. How are you helping patients live their best lives? I enjoy the aspect of getting to know my patients’ visual needs and then offering them solutions in eyewear options and ocular health management. Hobbies/Interests: When I am not working, I am usually at an ice arena or baseball field watching our sons play sports.

Professional Achievements/Associations: AOA/MOA. What drives your passion for optometry? The diversity of an average day. Being able to simply help people see the world better and being able to manage medical issues that may have a major impact on their life. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Helping them discover their visual needs and how that can impact their day-to-day lives. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? If I can make someone's day by giving them an exceptional experience, then I feel like I am making a difference in my community and the world. How are you impacting your local community? By taking specific care of their needs, I feel I am helping everyone be their best self. Hobbies/Interests: Family, Golf, Boating, and Motorcycles.