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.) While in school, she worked for Dr. Liang Lifang O.M.D. who specializes in the use of Chinese Medicine for the treatment of male and female infertility and gynecological disorders. Melissa has also been a teaching assistant for Yefim Gamgoneishvili, L.Ac. at 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, effective and accessible acupuncture for the people of San Francisco. She has been in private practice since April 2007 at The Lotus Center in the Mission, and is a volunteer acupuncturist for Charlotte Maxwell, a free alternative healthcare clinic for low-income women with cancer. Jennifer is a native of California and has lived in San Francisco since 1994. When not reading books about Chinese Medicine, she can be found riding her bike about town, drinking green tea at home with her beloved cat Pequot, or hiking Bernal Hill with her pit bull mix, Hooch. An avid yogi, 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, interned at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, is the staff acupuncturist at Apotheca Skin and Body Wellness, and a certified massage therapist specializing in Tui Na.

He lives with his cheese-monger wife, budding paleontologist and racecar-driver son, two cranky cats and hundreds of books in a one bedroom apartment in North Beach. He likes to swim, practice aikido, reminisce about obscure punk bands, and can be seen selling produce for Star Route Farms at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market on Saturdays.

Kristen Florey
Kristen Florey hails from Bloomington, Indiana where she lived and worked on an organic vegetable farm for many years. After she moved to San Francisco in 2005, she attended the National Holistic Institute, completing 700 hours of study in massage therapy. She now practices a wide range of modalities including Swedish, Shiatsu, and Thai massage. Her passion for body work stems from a deep belief that some of the best medicine includes the ability to relax, breathe, and let go. Kristen also loves making paintings with beeswax, building with salvaged materials, and cooking up amazing feasts from scratch.