Meet the Whole Family Chiropractors Team
Khrysten Hollis, Practice and Billing Manager
Khrysten Hollis is a graduate in Health Care Administration from Virginia College and a certified Medical Biller and Coder. She is a native small town Texan from Odessa, and has lived in Austin with her three kids for four years. She comes to us with years of medical experience but most recently billing and coding for Neurosurgeons who are friends of Dr. Paris’ in the Austin area.
Though she had no prior work experience in chiropractic, Khrysten and her children have received chiropractic care for years, and she a proponent in the ideal of natural healthcare without drugs or surgery whenever possible. Khrysten has 3 children and somehow loves being a parent, running the practice, having a photography business all on her own with humor, competance, empathy and grace.
Whole Family Chiropractors is the ideal spot for her because we truly are a big family and we treat the whole family!
Stephanie Gutierrez, Lead Chiropractic Assistant
Stephanie Gutierrez has been working with Whole Family since 2013 and has worked her way into her very detailed position as the lead chiropractic assistant. In layperson’s terms, that means she runs the place! Originally an intern from Virginia College in medical assisting, we liked her so much that we have kept her ever since. During the first educational seminar we attended, Stephanie couldn’t have a glass of wine with dinner because she wasn’t even 21 yet!
Stephanie is from Taylor, TX, has 3 sisters, one dog and one boyfriend. She has come to see the amazing ways that Chiropractic changes lives and is very happy to be an integral part of our team. We love her too!
Scott Donna, Chiropractic Assistant
Scott Donna is currently a Health Science major at South University in Round Rock. Scott is a native Texan and has lived in Austin for 20 years. He is excited to be part of the Whole Family Chiropractors team and learn more about natural healing. We are happy to have him him in a permanent role since he initially joined us to help while Khrysten was on maternity leave.
In his former lives, Scott has been a bartender, a handyman, a sound engineer, a physical therapy tech and a receptionist. He is currently following a passion to help others heal physically and mentally. He has a dog named Artemis, and loves playing guitar and woodworking.
Alexa Manza, Forever Consultant
Alexa was a patient for 2 years before coming to work for Dr. Paris and had been an integral part of the team for over 5 years. She believes in the whole body healing of chiropractic and liked the clinic and the doctor so much she talked herself into a job. She found herself wearing many hats, like IT, maintenance, billing, staffing, web guru, shopper, etc. and eventually became the executive assistant and operations manager. In late 2017 her husband Pete was offered a new job in London, England. Alexa and their son are joining him there in early 2018. However, though she is no longer in our clinic daily, we refuse to let her exit completely and have given her a new title that she will take with her across the pond. We are happy for her, and envious, but we absolutely will not let her our of our lives or the clinic. Company retreat will most definitely be in London sometime soon. We love you Alexa!
Max and Margo
Max and Margo are Dr. Paris’ kids. They have been adjusted since birth and have also been helping their mother for many years. Currently they both pass out fliers, sort mail, model exercises for video and listen to Dr. Paris talk about various business issues and physical conditions. They have very good insights and are learning many things about being a chiropractor and running a business. A few times a week they make dinner and have it ready for Mom when she comes home from work.
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Margo is 11 and in 6th grade. She has been actively learning Quickbooks and helping upload and download transactions as well as reconciling the monthly financial reports. Soon she will be managing the accounting for Whole Family Chiropractors. Margo also helps with playlists and copy writing. She is an exceptional writer of fiction stories and enjoys Lacrosse, Basketball, Volleyball and clothes.
Anna Suarez, LMT
Anna Suarez, born here in Austin Texas; has lived in Houston, Dallas, San Jose, Philadelphia. Los Angeles and Mexico City. She has worked as a teacher, bus driver, stay-at-home mom (her favorite), and various office positions.
As a child, Anna was raised within an atmosphere of healers. Her grandfather, who immigrated to this country from the Canary Islands, was a healer and lecturer. Her other grandfather, Dr. Roy E. LeMond, D.C., was a Palmer graduate and practiced in Austin.
He and his fellow “quack-opractors”, as they were referred to in those days, were instrumental in lobbying the 51st legislation to pass and enact the bill that created the first Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners; he held license #10. In addition Anna has had 3 aunts, a great uncle, and her mom’s brother who all were practicing chiropractors. You could say Anna had a well-adjusted childhood!
Finding herself at a career crossroads, a friend who knew Anna’s propensity to sense tension in a person’s body and want to do something to alleviate that tension, suggested she attend massage school. Since 1992 she has been relieving aches and pains and facilitating healing ever since. Her continuing education includes, but is not limited to: pre-natal massage, cranial sacral therapy, acupressure, reflexology and neuromuscular therapy. She has worked with some of the best chiropractors in clinical settings as well as maintaining a thriving private practice with many clients she has seen for over 12 years.
Anna is excited to be working with Dr. Paris, Dr. Fisher, the other massage therapists, and all the wonderful women in the front office. It is truly a great healing facility.
Marques Johns, LMT
A native Texan who spent several years honing his massage skills in Chicago, Marques returned to serving the Austin community in 2006 as a clinical manual therapist. He began training in myofascial release and structural dysfunction therapy in 2007 and has been at Whole Family since 2012.
Marques is able to quickly adapt and apply various techniques seamlessly into his scope of knowledge in dealing with numerous structural dysfunctional issues which proven have to be highly effective for our patients. He can assess and treat soft tissue problems while at the same time educating the patient to provide them with an understanding of how the dysfunction has been established, as well as helping each individual learn measures of self care that can reduce and help ameliorate their specific behaviors that cause a negative adaptive condition.
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment for Massage therapy, call or email us!
Angel Gammel, LMT
Angel has a wide background in bodywork which started with Martial Arts. His father was a martial artist and Angel began practicing Tae Kwan Do and Judo at an early age. In the Army, he was a combat medic. In Martial Arts, when you learn to ‘break it’ you also need to learn to ‘fix it’! This experience in conjunction with medic and professional massage certification creates a strong integrated physiology expert with compassion and the experience of working not to just reduce pain, but to optimize form and function.
Julie Wortman, LMT
Julie Wortman, LMT, comes to Austin as a transplant from Massachusetts. She has been a massage therapist since 2006 and her concentration has always been towards a therapeutic approach using focused, specific work for injuries and muscle restrictions while keeping in mind the interconnections of body mechanics. Julie enjoys watching a client improve over the course of their sessions, and knowing she has made a difference in their lives. She is happy to join Whole Family Chiropractors where she is able to use a team approach to health and healing.
When not in the clinic helping patients feel their best, Julie can be found on nature trails with her two Australian Shepherds, or cooking at home with her husband. She has also been a florist since 2004, and currently helps brides’ floral dreams become reality.
