Our Staff
While we have many wonderful support staff members, you’re likely to see our staff below most often!

Elizabeth Melton, Owner, Family Nurse Practitioner & Certified Nurse Midwife
Beth is passionate about the health of the whole family. She has been working with moms and babies for over 20 years.
Beth approaches health care from a holistic and integrative perspective, looking for the root of the issue vs treating symptoms alone. She uses exercise, nutrition, supplements, herbal remedies, stress reduction, and traditional as well as western medicine practices to find what works best for each individual client. She follows the midwifery model of care and values shared decision making with her clients. She provides evidence based information and believes that families will make the decision that is best for them. Beth promotes physiological birth without unnecessary intervention and supports families throughout prenatal care, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care, as well as well woman and primary care for the whole family.

Vanessa Rojas, Family Nurse Practitioner
Vanessa has been in the nursing/medical field since 2017. She has worked in various fields such as home health, psychiatry, pediatrics, community health, education, and private care. She is a Family Nurse practitioner certified through the AANP. Vanessa is continuing her studies by working on a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner post master’s certificate beginning in Fall of 2024 at UNR.
Vanessa focuses on preventative care and believes this to be the cornerstone to healthier lives and futures. Vanessa supports her patients by providing evidence based care while still maintaining patient needs at the forefront of healthcare planning.
Vanessa is married, and together with her husband, has two dogs. She loves podcasts, reading, and enjoying time with her family. Vanessa was born and raised in Utah, and has been in the Reno area since 2018.

Anna-Marie Martinez, Family Nurse Practitioner
Anna Martinez is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a passion for caring for patients across the lifespan, with a special love for supporting women and children. She values a natural, holistic approach to health and wellness whenever possible believes that the foundation of good health begins with listening to patients, building meaningful relationships, and creating individualized care plans that help people feel their best.
Anna’s interest in health and wellness began through her work as a Pilates instructor, extending to a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at UNR, a Nursing Degree used in the cardiovascular and gastroenterology fields , and now as a Licensed Family Nurse Practitioner.
Outside of work, Anna enjoys spending time with her husband and their two beautiful daughters.

Mariel Juarez-Jasso, Receptionist
Mariel has been a medical assistant since 2019. She was born in Mexico but raised in Reno, Nevada since 2005. She’s worked in different environments such as pediatrics, med spa, family primary care, and functional medicine. As a receptionist she enjoys being the first person to interact with our patients. She is fluent in Spanish and English.
Mariel and her husband are high school sweethearts and share two children together, Anastasia & Damian, along with their pit-bull named Kratos.
Mariel’s goal is to make all patients feel comfortable, welcomed, and heard.

Marisza Sheldon, Office Manager
Marisza is a mom of three wonderful and wild young children. Her birth and breastfeeding experiences and struggles with each were so varied! Because of that, it is her highest priority to help all families to form strong bonds and to ease the stress of the “office” or insurance questions so that the most important things can be taken care of more easily.
Marisza has been married to her best friend for 10 years. She and her husband, along with their three kiddos, share their house with four snakes, a plethora of freshwater fish, and two large dogs. She loves reading, being out in the sunshine, and traveling with her family.
