One night when Dr. Steph was 9 years old, she awoke in the middle of the night not able to move due to sudden and debilitating joint pain. After many vials of blood and head-to- toe x-rays in the emergency room, she was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) for which she was instructed to take aspirin as needed and be monitored by the pediatrician.

After a few years of migrating and disabling joint pain to the point that her elbows were 'stuck' in a 90 degree bend and very swollen, and the appearance of a second autoimmune disease of the skin, called psoriasis, she was sent to a rheumatologist. The rheumatologist prescribed the standard of care at the time, which was prednisone pills and creams and physical therapy.

At the age of 13, Dr. Steph knew, either instinctively or via Divine Intervention, that she did not want to take the prednisone, that it would not really 'fix' the problems, and could likely make things worse over time, so instead decided, with her families support and help, to try to figure out what could have caused this, what could be keeping it 'active' and see if there was a way to truly fix it. It was then a long and winding path of working with various unconventional doctors and practitioners, and eventually becoming herself a Chiropractor, she was able to get her body into full and complete remission - no more swollen and painful joints or torturous itching of the skin. All this while learning in school that these diseases lasted a life time and there was no 'cure'...this is what fueled her passion to work with people with all forms of AI to help them achieve optimal health as naturally as possible and finding and creating protocols to help people do just that.