Deborah Shores – Veterinarian
Experienced American veterinarian who divides her time between Japan and the US. "With a touch of warm bedside manner, I excel at providing my clients with detailed content from reliable scientific and medical sources."
Her past experiences encompass academic writing, "ask the vet" blog content, and writing veterinary client communication materials. Her clinical experience spans both private practice and research, working with cats, dogs, rabbits, reptiles and non-human primates. She is passionate about food, keeping ourselves and our pets healthy, sustainable agriculture and animals. She speaks both English and Polish and enjoys learning about new cultures!
Amy J. Vant – Physical Therapy
Amy Vant is a doctor of physical therapy and lead clinician for an outpatient physical therapy clinic. Amy received her bachelor degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois and completed her graduate training at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Amy has a clinical interest in geriatric rehabilitation, specifically Parkinson's disease management.
Renée Eli Ph.D.(c) - Wellness Coach
For nearly three decades, Renée Eli has served as a healthcare professional, health educator, embodiment scholar and mentor, as well as lecturer on topics related to health and well-being, embodied mindfulness, embodied presencing, and flourishing. She is the founder of Embody Well-Being: Institute for Human Flourishing. Renée believes that at the heart of every person is a desire to flourish: to be well, to feel alive, to find meaning, and to expressively fulfill a sense of purpose in life. Renée offers a body-centered approach to health and well-being. Her unique “body-presencing” practices invite individuals to become aware of habits of body, mind, and emotion; learn to listen to and trust the wisdom of the body; and powerfully nurture and transform overall health and well-being.
Carrie B. – Floral Designer
Shelli Black is a Texas Master Florist, interior decorator, and artist residing in Houston, Texas. Her passion for plants and flowers developed during her preschool and elementary school years as she assisted her mother, an avid horticulturalist, in their backyard greenhouse. Shelli’s mother, a photographer and a lover of the Arts, also encouraged dance and music education. In high school, Shelli began to accompany her mother on countryside photoshoots, and developed a love for nature in art. As an adult, Shelli combined her love of horticulture, floriculture, nature, and art by studying at Texas A&M University Benz School of Floral Design, North Harris Montgomery College, and also by becoming a Certified Texas Master Florist. Her college studies include Studio, Graphic, and Decorative Arts, which give her an artistically‐intuitive design vision, making her designs stand out from the ordinary. Shelli’s enthusiasm is abundant, and she enjoys educating others in both private and group instruction and workshops. In addition to Floral Design, her freelance work includes interior decorating, graphic arts, calligraphy, and paint party instruction at local wine rooms. Shelli has three grown children, and is already teaching music, painting, and the proper names of trees, flowers and plants to her toddler grandchild. As owners of many dogs and cats found and rescued off the streets, Shelli and her husband, Chris, ask that everyone spay/neuter, microchip, vaccinate and ID tag your pets.
Shirley Rivers – Administrative Assistant
She began her career as the secretary to the Director of Finance for the
City of Titusville one month after she graduated from high school. The only
skills she had at that time were typing, shorthand, and one class in business
law. Those basic skills, combined with drive, ambition, and a willingness to
tackle any challenge carried her all the way to a prestigious
position as Director of Facilities Maintenance at Orlando International
Airport, and on to new adventures after she retired from OIA. She says it has been a
wild, exciting ride-but it all started with typing and shorthand taught in a
high school classroom.
“I feel very strongly about promoting the professionalism of secretaries and
administrative assistants because I believe they are grossly undervalued,
and the profession has never received the respect it deserves. And,
unfortunately, that isn't going to change until schools and training
facilities start teaching students what they really need to know to build a
career instead of a job.”