Yahaira Paulino BS, LMT, LE (she/her) Yahaira Paulino is a Pacific College of Health and Science MT graduate, a NY licensed aesthetician and health coach certified via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Previous to her various trainings within the field of healthcare, Yahaira graduated with a degree in political science and international relations from Purchase College State University of New York. She worked in NYC for over 10 years in community development and educational settings. As a massage therapist, Yahaira has worked within holistic settings, multi-service spas, yoga centers performing prenatal work, and high-end spas, and performed out-call work, while successfully running her home-based spa boutique Tribe Elements Studio. Yahaira is highly passionate about educating her community on the benefits of massage and holistic medicine as a preventative approach to illness and its benefits towards a generally healthier lifestyle. She is also aware of the barriers to finding affordable quality bilingual wellness services within her community, which is why Yahaira’s massage studio is located within the targeted community she seeks to teach and impact, by providing affordable comprehensive services. Yahaira made Pacific College history as the first EDI Teaching Fellow. She teaches Western Massage 1 and serves as clinical supervisor in the massage therapy program at PCHS-NY.
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