About

Patients ask me all the time how I became an acupuncturist. This was not my first profession. Although I was always interested in alternative medicine since childhood, at that time this profession was just emerging in US. So I became a paralegal…

One day a client of ours walked in, he called himself Dr. Chen, so we all assumed he was a medical doctor. He distributed his brochures, from which we learned he was a licensed acupuncturist. That is when I found out that there are acupuncture schools, and that this is a highly regulated profession, for which you have to pass several boards, go through internship and so on.

From that moment, I knew I wanted to do this. However, the question remained, how to. It is a big commitment even for people who rely on their family for support. I had no one to help. It was a lot to consider, how would I work full time and go to school full time? It is one thing to take a loan for school, but that is not enough. You need to pay rent and all other living expenses. It seemed impossible, but then my boss, a kind Italian man,  told me, “I want you to be happy. If pursuing a different career will make you happy, you should go to school, and I will pay for one day you will be in school so you don’t have to take out additional loans for living expenses”.

And I went to school, working 4 days and going to school 3 days a week. If I did it, then everyone can. I will always be grateful to Patrick J. Cerillo, Esquire, for helping me pursue my dream, become an acupuncturist, do what I love, help people achieve their health goals, help people alleviate their pain, become a mother…Every time I tell patients this story, they wish him well, even though they have no idea who he is. That’s what they call good karma.  

Now I am ready and willing to share what I know with you, continue to learn and grow as a person and a professional, and to treat you to the best of my knowledge and abilities.