Pam has been working with herbs since 1986. She completed her studies at the California School of Herbal Studies in 1989. She has been teaching classes in medicine making, plant identification, wildcrafting, theory and practice of herbalism since 1991.   Pam began the BACHA (Bay Area Clinical Herbalist Association) organization in 1991.  In 1997 she became one of the first Western Herbalists on staff at Charlotte Maxwell Complimentary Clinic in Oakland.  Charlotte Maxwell clinic provides free access to alternative and complimentary medicine for low income women with cancer. Pam is a fourth generation Bay Area resident and has developed a deep love for native plants.

Kara Sigler is a certified Western Clinical Herbalist that has a private practice in San Francisco.  She teaches at Ohlone, leads herb walks, manages an herbal apothecary and volunteers at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic for low income women with cancer. Her website is: www.sfherbalist.com.

Tony manages the pharmacy & dispensary at Ohlone Center where he teaches botanical medicine making.
He is a graduate of the California School of Herbal Studies & apprenticeship programs with Matthew Wood.
He has a private herbal practice in San Francisco and can be reached at (415) 824-6165.

Jim Hall MA CMT comes from a family of spiritual healers and has been intensively involved in various holistic healing modalities since 1979. He holds a master’s degree in Holistic Health Education from John. F. Kennedy University and has studied with healers from a variety of traditions, including Michael Moore, Kashaya Pomo elder Lorin Smith, Karyn Sanders, Chanchal Cabrera, and medical intuitive Laurie Schyriver. Jim currently teaches at  the Ohlone Center for Herbal Studies in  Berkeley CA, and at the California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville CA.  He also has a private herbal and energy healing practice, specializing in alternative treatments for cancer and soul retrieval.  He can be contacted by email at <ecomedicine@yahoo.com>.

Atava has studied with both western herbalists and traditional indigenous healers, including Mexican curandera Dona Estela Roman, Zapoteca midwife Dona Enriqueta Contreras and Dr. Apela Colorado,“the mother of indigenous science.”  Atava has researched extensively the indigenous healing traditions of both her indigenous Mexican ancestors as well as her Polish Slavic ancestors.

Atava completed her Western Clinical Herbalist training at the Ohlone Herbal Center in 2006.  In 2008 she was accepted as a professional registered member of the American Herbalist Guild.  Her teaching venues include Naropa University Oakland, the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium and the department of Holistic Health Education at JFK University.  Atava sees clients in her private practice in Oakland and also is a volunteer herbalist at the Charlotte Maxwell Center, a clinic for low-income women with cancer.   Atava’s teaching and healing work is a unique and powerful combination of herbal medicine, flower essence therapy, therapeutic dream work, spiritual counseling and energetic bodywork.  She also runs a small herbal product company that specializes in medicinal mushroom extracts.  Her website is: www.ancestralapothecary.com. 

Anna’s interest in plants started as a young sprout growing up in SF near Mt. Davidson.  All that green had to rub off and she found herself drawn into herbal retail at Scarlet Sage for several years and holistic healthcare with a Shiatsu practice. She is a practicing herbalist in San Francisco and attributes her eclectic herbal blend/brew to studies with a variety of herbal teachers in the Bay Area as well as studies at Heartwood Institute and in shiatsu. She has thoroughly enjoyed volunteering at the SF Charlotte Maxwell Complimentary Clinic for low-income women with cancer.  Anna is proud to be part of a vastly diverse and ever-expanding herbal community.

Visit Anna’s website at www.moonsisterherbs.com