Our Practitioners

Kathleen Scala, AP DOM

Kathleen Scala, AP DOM is an NCCAOM FL Board Certified Acupuncture Physician and Doctor of Oriental Medicine. She graduated with honors from East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, FL and received NCCAOM diplomas for both acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. Through her acupuncture and herbal training she also became skilled in nutrition and homeopathy. While a medical student Kathleen managed the herbal clinic at East West College. She brings extensive supplement knowledge from over twenty-four years in the natural health and wellness industry, where she also ran the leading supplement and HBA departments of Earth Origins Market in Sarasota, a subsidiary of United Natural Foods.

Her professional path arose when childhood struggles with digestive issues prompted her father to bring her to their tiny local Long Island, NY health food store. Shortly thereafter she cultivated a voracious and steady acumen for all things natural and embarked first upon renewing her own health. With sincere dedication and heartfelt care, Kathleen helps individuals to discover the myriad possibilities that exist when we are empowered by our body’s natural ability to heal itself. A lifelong vegetarian, completely plant-based for over a decade, and a distance athlete, Kathleen is an avid runner who regularly competes in half marathons. She completed her first full marathon in February, 2019, placing 2nd in her age group. When she is not working, running or reading, Kathleen enjoys time outdoors and frequenting vegan restaurants with her best friend and devoted husband and champion, David.

Angela Halderson, RD

Angela Halderson was born in Neenah, Wisconsin and was raised as a part of a traditional American family eating a Standard American Diet (SAD). After developing a growing interest in nutrition and learning how proper food choices can help people achieve optimal wellness, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Human Biology with a Human Nutrition Emphasis. She completed her dietetic internship through Priority Nutrition Care Distance Dietetic Internship and is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians for Integrative and Functional Medicine and is a graduate of the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy. Angela is a certified health coach with experience providing nutritional counseling to patients in an intimate wellness clinic setting on topics including Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Digestive Disorders, Hypertension and stress reduction. She has led clients on grocery store tours, lectured large groups on health education and performed cooking demonstrations.

Angela focuses on integrative and functional nutrition using a holistic and client centered approach to wellness. She believes restoring optimal wellness is possible by treating the whole person, not a disease. She has helped clients improve their health by teaching a better response to stress, improving nutrition through whole food intake and offering personalized supplementation while helping them remove toxins from their environment.

Angela devotes her free time to traveling with her family and can often be found walking her dog.

Abby Vallejo, RD, CPT

Abby Vallejo was born in the Chicago area but grew up in Neenah, Wisconsin. She originally received a BA in International Relations from Florida International University in Miami as she loves culture, international travel and speaks four languages fluently. As her personal interest in holistic health, nutrition, and exercise increased over time, she decided to go back to school to become a Registered Dietitian. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay with a degree in Human Biology & Dietetics and went on to do her Dietetic Internship with Wellness Workdays, based in Hingham, Massachusetts. Abby is also a Certified Personal Trainer and enjoys training and counseling clients one-on-one to help them achieve their wellness and fitness goals.

Abby worked in the vitamin and supplement industry while pursuing her nutrition degree and was delighted to return after earning her credential as a Registered Dietitian. She is passionate about balance, wellness and all things holistic. In her free time she enjoys going to the gym, traveling and spending time outside in nature.<

Lori Bray-Levinsohn, CHHC

Lori Bray-Levinsohn was born and raised in a large family in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Her family had the tradition of all sitting down for dinner together each night, and the meal usually consisted mostly of the typical Midwest diet of meat and potatoes — and, being in Sheboygan County, a lot of hamburger and brat cookouts with fresh corn on the cob from local farmers on summer weekends. She hopes to see that tradition of the family dinner return to homes everywhere. They also lived in a house right on Elkhart Lake, which kept them busy with a lot of outdoor and lake activities.

She moved to the Chicago area and worked as a Flight Attendant for 20 years. Lori stopped flying when she got pregnant with her son at 44 years young. She struggled with earlier pregnancies and miscarriages before having a healthy baby. Due to this, Lori became a stay-at-home mom, content to spend as much time with him as possible. As her son was getting into his double digits, she decided she wanted to do more to help and inspire herself and others.

Lori decided to become a Certified Holistic Health Coach and received her Certificate from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). Through her struggles with pregnancies, she got inspired to help other women navigate their journeys to become healthier and happier and to become parents, as well as guide them in making better choices for themselves and their children’s health. Being an older mom has also made her realize the importance of staying healthy for your family, and she also has a quest to keep kids healthy and centered with all that kids face in today’s world.

At IIN, she studied dietary theories, contemporary health issues and topics, and Eastern and Western nutrition with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. While recognizing each client's bio-individuality, Lori works with people, helping them discover their primary & secondary nutrition choices as they create a healthier lifestyle.

Lori loves getting out and doing activities with her family, especially watching car racing at Road America. She has taken up paddle boarding as a hobby and loves to get out on Elkhart Lake and Lake Michigan whenever she can.

Grace Strey, HHP

Grace Strey is a Holistic Health Practitioner who graduated from Trinity School of Natural Health in 2019 as a Natural Health Professional with a certificate in Advanced Naturopathic Techniques. Grace has been interested in the natural health field since she was a young child. Struggling with many health issues as a child, Grace was eventually diagnosed with Celiac Disease and several food allergies. Grace’s parents decided to take a natural approach to her health issues and has seen incredible improvements in her health. She now lives a life based on intention and wellness and has a strong desire to share her knowledge with others so that they too can heal their bodies and enjoy their lives.

Grace has been working in our retail store since 2020 and loves helping guide customers through the natural health care realm and feels great satisfaction when she sees her customers' lives improving. When Grace is not working she likes to paint landscapes and spend time with her family outdoors.