Meet Our Student Representatives

2018-2019 NYANP Student Representatives:

Mariah Brown, NUHS

Timothy Clayton, Bastyr

Katie Clements, NUNM

Ashleigh De Simone, BINM

Sonia Drouin, CCNM

James Karner, SCNM

Brian Trainor, Bastyr-South

Sarah Zara, UBCNM

Mariah Brown, NUHS

Mariah Brown is a first year ND student at National University of Health Sciences who plans to practice in Buffalo, NY following graduation. Although she was born in Pennsylvania, she has spent most of her life in the Southern Tier region of New York State. She has a background in health promotion and massage therapy, which she is excited to incorporate into her future practice.

Katie Clements, NUNM

Katie is a native of Saratoga Springs, NY and is currently a 3^rd-year ND student at National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in Portland, Oregon. Katie is passionate about constitutional homeopathy and has a particular interest in working with neurological, immune, and endocrine imbalances. She plans to return to the Northeast in 2020 to begin practicing.

Ashleigh De Simone, BINM

Sonia Drouin, CCNM

Sonia Drouin is a long-time resident of upstate NY and is a current student at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She has a passion for health and helping people succeed, making naturopathic medicine a perfect fit! Once licensure is in place, she looks forward to helping improve the lives of New Yorkers.

Brian Trainor, Bastyr-South

Sarah Zara (UBCNM)

Hi! My name is Sarah Zara. I am currently a Naturopathic Medical Student at the University of Bridgeport. I am a scholar under Dr. Peter D’Adamo, learning how to treat patients through a generative (personalized around blood type and gene manipulation) approach and I also have a passion for children and areas surrounding mental health. In my free time, I love to weight lift and spread awareness about naturopathic medicine and healthy living on my Instagram, zara_health.

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