TIA ALEXANDER

Tia Alexander was born in Culver City California and raised in West Covina, right on the outskirts of Los Angeles. With her young tomboyish style, she lived a bold life of independence and daring resilience.

Always living life on the edge, you couldn’t catch her sitting still in one place too long. Everyday a new adventure was created and spontaneity was her super power.

When Tia Graduated from Walnut high School in 1999, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and began studying to be a Neonatal Nurse.  Through convention modeling for various brands, and through landing her first national commercial at 19 to boot, she began to pave the way to a viable career. While traveling back and forth to Hollywood to become union in the Screen Actors Guild, the young pioneer saved up enough money to buy a house at 23 and subsequently moved back to LA.

As her career continued, she stayed in search of a new agent in new regions.

She ventured to NYC to experience the market. Landing in the Big Apple without representation was daunting, but she was driven by the challenge of the unknown and she was willing to begin again at the bottom in search of new opportunity. After 2 years of building her portfolio and establishing new clientele, she returned home to Los Angeles to further her career in Hollywood.

At very moment in time that her agent brokered a deal for Tia to launch JC Pennies’ first fitness line, she found out she was 3 months pregnant. But while some might perceive her pregnancy to be a career impediment, Tia sees it as a blessing that only expanded greater opportunities. Initially thinking this would be counterproductive to her career…little did she know she would embark on an even more inspiring career journey than she could have ever envisioned.

After giving birth to a beautiful baby boy, she signed with Wilhelmina Models agency and leaned heavily on her fitness lifestyle to enter the fitness modeling world. This ultimately took her career to another level. This single parent blossomed into a mother with ambition and drive. After thriving in Hollywood, she now works internationally, traveling the world with her son to expose him to bigger ideas than just the American Dream. Tia currently resides in South Africa where her new journey begins and the adventures continue for “The Model Mommy” and her son Alexander.

NACHO ARIMANY

Nacho Arimany Neuro-composer (musician for the brain) multi instrumentalist and international speaker.

Nacho is a master ethnic percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music career began at age six as a classical piano student and singer with the Spanish National Choir and Orchestra. He possesses a highly unique blend of talents and diverse capabilities as a producer, performer and musician for the brain.

Creator of the Arimany Method, an innovative voice and movement technique that promotes peak performance and brain coherence through body and brain waves entrainment with natural harmonic patterns , and Co-producer and composer of “ InTime”, a fully orchestrated rhythmic based sound therapeutic listening program designed for brain health and brain performance co-produced with Sheila Allen and Alex Doman for Advanced Brain Technologies distributed in 35 countries for the treatment of Autism, Brain damage, ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and depression. 

Arimany has tought world wide and participated as a speaker in panel discussions and conferences with Neuroscientists Medical Doctors  at institutions like Rockefeller University, UCLA 2018 Integrative Medicine Mental Health Summit at Semel Institute for neuroscience and human Behavior , 2018 UCLA Healing Arts Summit,  2018 Feel Good Summit hosted by Dr. Mark Hyman MD, Summit Series LA , and 2019 Synapse Music and Neurology conference in St. Petersburg , Russia.

Since 2005, He has been teaching workshops and master classes in Universities , Conservatoires and Cultural institutions around the World such as , New York University Steinhardt , Lowell University in Massachusetts , Conservatoire National d’Argel (Argelia), Universidad Tecnológica de Monterrey (Mexico), Omachi Primitive art Festival and cultural center (Japan 2015) and Summer Blossom Healing arts Festival in Beijing July 2017 (China).

As an artist he has performed as a vocal and percussion soloist at venues and events such as New York Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall with Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra,  Dolby Theatre Los Angeles with Grammy Awarded composer Hamid Saeidi, and as guest artist at the 2017 Latin Grammy Awards . 

Arimany started his Sound Practice for transformation and Healing in 2005 in Mexico, and once he moved to New York in 2009 and got graduated at The New York Open Center Sound and Music Institute , he started developing his own private sound therapy practice treating kids with autism and and adults with anxiety , depression and trauma. Since then he has treated hundreds of individuals around the world using Elemental Sounds & Rhythms and The Arimany Method.

“Nacho Arimany uses Rhythm and Sound to bridge ancient traditions , neuroscience and neurotechnology restoring wellness and health in individuals and communities offering new models for health, human connection and social development.” WORLZD conference 2019

Matthew Barkoff, DPM, FACFAS

Former Chief of Podiatry at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital

·Education:

·New York College of Podiatric Medicine

·1985 Graduated from SUNY Binghamton

·Dr. Barkoff earned a 24 month Podiatric surgical residency program and went into private practice in 1991.

·Board Certification:

·Board Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.

·Fellow, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.

·Hospital Affiliations:

·St. Lukes-Roosevelt

·North Shore Manhasset

·North Shore Plainview

·St. Joseph’s Hospital – Bethpage

·Affiliations:

·American Podiatric Medical Association

·NYS Podiatric Medical Association

·Fellow American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Dr. Tammy Penhollow earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Kirksville, MO as a recipient of a US Navy Health Professions Scholarship. She was active as the President of the Sports Medicine Club, providing medical coverage for high school and community athletic events. She also competed regularly in road running and duathlons as a medical student. Dr. Penhollow completed her transitional year internship at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA and immediately upon graduation, began her US Navy career deployed to Kosovo as the solo physician for a 720-person US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion. This was followed by a second General Medical Officer assignment for three years as an instructor for the Navy’s Independent Duty Corpsman school, where she taught physical diagnosis and medical diagnosis and treatment to the Navy’s advanced corpsmen who were assigned to forward deployed marine units, submarines, and special forces units.

Dr. Penhollow completed her Anesthesiology residency at the National Capital Consortium (National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC), with a focus on regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management. After residency she was a staff Anesthesiologist at US Naval Hospitals in Okinawa, Japan and Rota, Spain; at both hospitals, she established and ran a chronic pain clinic in addition to serving as an Anesthesiologist. She was also deployed as an Anesthesiologist to Djibouti, Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

After her US Navy career, Dr. Penhollow chose to subspecialize in Pain Management and was fellowship trained at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is board-certified by the American Society of Anesthesiologists in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. She possesses advanced musculoskeletal knowledge and is highly trained and skilled at ultrasound and fluoroscopy guided spine, joint, and soft tissue injections, as well as in aesthetic procedures. Her passion is regenerative medicine and whole-body wellness. At Precision Regenerative Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona, Dr. Penhollow provides personalized consultations where she develops individualized treatment plans for musculoskeletal and spine interventions with PRP and bone marrow aspirate using image guidance, as well as micro-needling with PRP for skin, hair, and anti-aging conditions. She also stays active in teaching as an Instructor in Anesthesiology for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and as a Supplemental Consultant for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at Mayo Clinic Phoenix.