Melissa Craven
Melissa Craven was born and raised in Virginia. After a short time living and working in Japan, she moved to San Francisco in 2001. She graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM). Melissa enjoys riding her bike, reading and cracking jokes. Thanks to David, she also can be found selling wonderful produce for Star Route Farms at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market on Saturdays.

Jennifer Holley
Jennifer Holley attended the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine with the hopes to one day provide affordable and accessible acupuncture for the people of San Francisco. Jennifer is a native of California and has lived in San Francisco since 1994. Prior to her opening Circle Community Acupuncture she maintained a private practice at The Lotus Center in the Mission, and was a volunteer acupuncturist and herbalist for Charlotte Maxwell, a free alternative healthcare clinic for low-income women with Cancer. When not reading books about Chinese Medicine, she can be found riding her bike about town, drinking green tea at home with her cat Connor, or hiking Bernal Hill with her pit bull, Hooch. She found her path to Traditional Chinese Medicine through her yoga practice.

David Lesseps
David Lesseps has lived in San Francisco since escaping Texas in 1994. He is a graduate of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist (he prefers the term acupunk) and a certified massage therapist specializing in Tui Na.

He lives with his librarian wife, budding paleontologist and racecar-driver son, one cranky cat and hundreds of books in a tiny apartment in North Beach. He likes to cook pancakes, think about returning to aikido practice, reminisce about obscure punk bands, and has been seen selling produce for Star Route Farms.

Lis Goldschmidt
Lis Goldschmidt moved to San Francisco in the mid-90s, after fleeing the life of a working class Southern Homecoming Queen. Like lots of people who live in San Francisco, Lis has lived many lives, including as an ally to kids in Juvenile Hall, a house painter, an artist and a Rainbow Grocery Cooperative worker. Lis' personal experience with the power of acupuncture led her to study at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. These days you can find her staring at her community garden plot waiting for it to grow, sewing while listening to talk radio, or walking her dog Mikey. Lis' enthusiasm for community acupuncture grows from her interest in the human body, the arts and her commitment to community.