Hablo Espanol.
Karen is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who earned her Master of Science in Nursing from UC San Francisco. With a foundation in primary care — including women’s health, chronic disease management, and dermatologic treatments — her clinical background gives her a comprehensive understanding of skin health from the inside out. She holds aesthetics certifications from both UCSF and AMET. A native Spanish speaker, Karen is passionate about building lasting, trusting relationships with patients from diverse backgrounds. What she loves most about aesthetics is seeing clients achieve their skincare goals through personalized results tailored to their unique needs — and empowering them with the knowledge and tools to feel confident every step of the way. When she’s not working, you can find her trying new restaurants, traveling, and catching sun rays with her husband and their dog, Nori.
BA, Stanford University
BSN, MSN, University of Pennsylvania
Stephanie’s career has been a balance between a love for the science of cardiovascular acute care with the art of medical aesthetics and skin care. Unfortunately, many chronic health problems don’t always have a solution, but helping her patients feel confident and authentic to themselves is very much an achievable goal. Steph has been told that her “superpower” is the ability to hold a friendly conversation with anyone, which comes in handy since she is passionate about getting to know her patients one-and-one and addressing their individual skin care goals. Trained in laser physics, facial anatomy and the art of cosmetic injectables, she believes in a natural approach to injectables to help her clients age gracefully, always keeping their diverse background, individual facial structure, and unique ethnic features in mind.
When Stephanie is not in scrubs, you may find her on a plane to lands far, far away. Her love of animals has brought her to La Paz to swim with whale sharks, Kona to dive with Manta Rays, Honduras to dive with reef sharks, and Tanzania to observe a wildebeest river crossing. Her favorite animal, though, is her cockapoo named Xanax, most often located on her couch. She and her husband love living in Oakland with their son, Quentin.
