Joan is a wholistic doctor of natural healing who earned her degree as
a Doctor of Chiropractic in 1989 from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic.
She is a member of the International College of Applied
Kinesiology.
Joan has also
studied acupressure, allergy elimination (NAET),
nutrition, Bio Geometric Integration,
homeopathy and Wicca. She is the founder of the Labrys Healthcare Circle
and the Labrys School of Self-Healing Arts for Wimmin and Girls, and
a board member of Associates for Community
Education.
Before becoming
a doctor, Joan was a journalist for 20 years with KPFA-FM, Mother Jones and other magazines
and newspapers. She served in the Peace Corps in Bolivia from 1963-1965
in community development and public-health projects.