Get to Know Us
We have taken very different paths to get where we are today. Read about how we got where we are.
I am one of five children and my parents have been married for over 37 years! I am married to my high school sweetheart and mom to four beautiful children. My husband and I met in our small hometown of Ridgecrest, California, home to about 30,000 people. I went to Cal State Channel Islands to study Biology, then graduated from medical school at Ross University School of Medicine. My family has moved with me all over the world in pursuit of my dreams. We moved to Modesto in 2012 for residency and felt right away this was going to be our new home. By the time I graduated from the residency program, we had already bought a home in Modesto and were settling in, making friends, and building our life here.
RaeLeigh Payanes
I am the middle child in my family, one of three children, brought up by a hardworking single mother. I am originally from Long Beach, CA and attended University of California Irvine for undergrad with a major in biology. Then I studied medicine at Santo Tomas Medical School in the Philippines, which allowed me to live near the area my family is from. I later moved to Hawaii and started my residency training there in Hilo and finished my training at Valley Consortium Medical of Education in Modesto. This is where I met my current partner and began to plant my roots here.
Karen Rayos
Getting Ready to Go All In
We’ve been dreaming and making big plans! Read about how and why we decided to make a change for ourselves and for our patients.
We are two passionate Family Medicine doctors aiming to take excellent care for our patients and improve access to care in our community, especially for important aspects of health like contraception and mental health. We are also two tired physicians who often feel overwhelmed and behind in our day to day work, feeling the constant pressures of administrative tasks that interfere with true, meaningful relationships with our patients.
So at the beginning of this year, we took a step back, spent time really thinking about life, and prioritized getting together to chat and to DREAM! The more we met and discussed our frustrations and our hopes, the more excited we became to start this new project. Now we are ready to create a better option for individuals in Modesto who desire a more personal approach to health and we think it will be better for us too.
Follow along on our personal journeys as we seek improved health, life satisfaction, and longevity.