

Tesoro Integrated Health Center
Patricia McClure-Reedy has been a busy woman for the past nine years. Tesoro Integrative Health Center is the third business she’s opened since 2003 when she started selling her Wild Child Creations tie-dyed clothing line at the Artist’s and Farmer’s Market in downtown Las Cruces on Saturday mornings. She continued teaching full time while trying to build her business. Two years later, Patricia became a WESST client in hopes of increasing her sales so she could quit her teach


Vapour Organic Beauty
Krysia Boinis has much to be thankful about these days. The last couple of years have been a whirlwind of success for the young Taos, New Mexico-based entrepreneur and longtime WESST client. The private label natural lip balm manufacturing company that she founded with her husband, Greg Martin, gave her the hands-on product formulation experience and business acumen to help her launch an innovative organic cosmetics company called Vapour Organic Beauty in 2009. In just a litt


Warriors Karate
Refugio ‘Cookie’ Flores teaches all levels of karate up to and including black belts, provides individualized exercise training for small classes of students and teaches kick-boxing. He provides support through his years of training to address discipline issues, help students focus on positivity, and build both mental and physical toughness. Cookie learned karate when he was a teen and continued studying the art until he became a certified instructor and could have his own st


Zentra Wellness
Dr. Lisabeth Detwiler, DOM, is the owner of Zentral Wellness, a Chinese medicine dermatology clinic. The business offers acupuncture, Chinese herbs, massage therapy and beauty services. Their goal is not only to offer remedies for skin problems, but they also assist individuals in managing stress, pain and various other health concerns from allergies, fertility to weight loss. Lisa utilizes many alternative medicine modalities (including acupuncture, herbs, nutritional cou

