Dana Faris is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics from Texas Christian University and received further training in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western States. She was drawn into the functional medicine world after personally experiencing her own chronic health conditions and exploring ways to overcome them naturally. Her passion is to understand each of her patient’s needs and history in order to create a personalized plan targeted to optimize their health. She focuses on meeting people where they are in order to provide them with support that they need to best meet their goals, regardless of where they might be on the spectrum of wellness.

Kellye Ojeda is a National Board Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. She completed her health coach certification through the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, a partnership with the Institute of Functional Medicine, and achieved Board Certification through the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching. Kellye is navigating the adventures of being a new mom to a precious baby boy and 2 dogs with her fiance. Having been raised on natural medicine, she continued to develop a passion for healing in a personalized way by understanding the individual as she completed a Bachelors in Psychology. Her goal is to help people make sustainable and impactful changes to their lifestyle that support their overall health goals and quality of life.

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Stacey Chimel is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian and is so excited to be a part of the wellness team at Alive + Well. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nutrition from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX and has a background in both inpatient clinical and outpatient functional/integrative nutrition. Stacey values a functional and integrative (holistic) approach to wellness and truly believes that achieving optimal health should be done on an individualized basis because there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Stacey believes the body is capable of healing itself once the root issue is discovered, and the body’s systems are functioning properly and supported appropriately through means such as nutritious food, stress management, restorative rest and sleep, appropriate movement, and proper supplementation when necessary. Stacey has a passion for traveling and experiencing new cultures/cuisines, and just moved to Austin after living overseas the last three years. She loves going to the gym to lift weights, cooking, trying new coffee joints, and spending time outside in the sun.

Meg is a certified Herbalist and an Applied Clinical Nutritionist through the Texas Chiropractic College. She has a wide background in many wellness modalities including Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselling, Massage Therapy, Detoxification Coaching, Plant-Based Vegan Nutrition, Reiki, Energy Healing, Vedic Studies and Yogic Studies - including Kundalini Yoga Teaching and Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy.

Meg grew up on a farm in Southern New Jersey where her keen interest in plants and nature took hold and blossomed. Her eldest brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was just 5 years old - and from there her passion for health and healing grew - as she witnessed her brother using both traditional and non-traditional forms of healing.

Meg works with clients utilizing an integrative approach for mind, body and emotional healing - combining nutrition, herbs, ritual and movement with meditation. She specializes in stress management, detoxification, psycho-emotional balance and digestive challenges.

Meg partners with her client in encouraging their unique inner wisdom and inner authority to come forward for their highest healing.

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Samantha Thiry is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with professional work experience in the fields of pediatrics, psychiatry, plastic surgery, urology, and hormone therapy. With her vast yet unique experience, she has formulated her practice around helping others age gracefully, with health and confidence. She appreciates Eastern Medicine as a compliment to Western advances in technology and research. She has been practicing as a Nurse for over 10 years, and as a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner for over 5 years. She recently wrote a medical journal article named “Supplements, Hormones and Evidence”, published by the prestigious publishers Elsevier & Science Direct. She has been featured in multiple publications including PBS, Glamour, and The Aesthetic Channel. As a former professor of Psychiatry at Miami Dade College, Samantha understands we are each our unique self with our own unique needs. Since relocating from Miami, FL 3 years ago, Samantha has been helping Austin residents on their hormone and aesthetic health journey to help them prevent disease processes and also to age with confidence and overall improved well-being. She is thrilled to be a part of the team at Alive & Well Austin as she helps us to continue to keep Austin healthy and thriving.

McCall McPherson is the founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic and the owner of Thyroid Nation, a large thyroid advocacy platform. She is a physician assistant, recentTEDx speaker and a thyroid expert by way of being a thyroid patient. She has been a guest on numerous podcast and summits discussing various topics on thyroid and hormone issues and now hosts Thyroid Nation Radio. Her passion for perfecting thyroid treatment stemmed from years of her suffering due to the mismanagement of her own hypothyroidism. Now she lives, breathes and thrives in understanding the nuances of proper thyroid care. Her philosophy is simple: There is no reason to still have thyroid symptoms. She spends her time helping to make it so by giving her patients get their lives back and teaching and advocating for the other millions suffering who aren’t her patients. You can get a more in-depth understanding of who I am and how I practice on my website at www.mccallmcpherson.com.
I ended up in this fascinating niche of medicine for a few reasons. The most profound was my own case of hypothyroidism, that I simply could not get managed and left me almost non-functional for more than 6 months. Repeatedly I went to my doctor begging for help, asking that he look deeper than my TSH which was “normal,” even though I was 27 years old and literally going to bed at 3:30 in the afternoon, not to mention I had almost every last symptom of hypothyroidism. It wasn’t until I learned that thyroid disorders are much more complex to diagnose and treat than a simple TSH and Levothyroxine, that I got my life back. Years later for obvious reasons, my passion runs deep for solving people's thyroid problem; it's my jam and my life’s calling.
Professionally speaking, I'm a licensed and nationally certified Physician Assistant with prescriptive authority. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree from Texas State University in Psychology in San Marcos, Texas. I then packed up my bags and moved to New York City to earn a Master’s Degree as well as an additional Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies at Mercy and began my certification from the prestigious Institute for Functional Medicine in 2015.
I love and live in Austin, with my two daughters, Weston and Rose. In my free time I enjoy exercise, live music, spending time outdoors, and traveling.

Barry is a Holistic Practitioner who specializes in biomedical and environmental medicine interventions to assist the body in the healing process. He has dedicated his career to healing children and families after his own son was diagnosed with multiple medical conditions, from which all he has significantly improved.

Barry has a Masters in Physician Assistant studies from Finch University/Chicago Medical School and has been certified as a Defeat Autism Now clinician. He has several published articles in The Autism File and Autism Science Digest. He has presented across the country for organizations such as TACA, Holistic Mom’s Network, National Autism Association and Autism One. Barry has also spoken for local organizations – the San Antonio Natural Parenting group and Any Baby Can San Antonio.

Barry enjoys spending time with his family and friends camping, biking, homesteading, reading and visiting our local farmer’s markets. He is happily married to his wife of 15 years, Linda, and is the father of five wonderful children. He also enjoys sports, like golf, football, and hockey. The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Blackhawks being his favorites!