Hello! I am Kate Karo.

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​With sixteen years in the restaurant industry as a trained professional chef, I was no stranger to a 70 hour work week. In 2007, I became unwell and sought answers from my primary care provider. In short, after two frustrating, demoralizing and exhausting years, my primary care physician offered only one solution: a refillable prescription for extra strength anti-inflammatories and anti-depressants.

 

I made a decision in the elevator of the hospital that day, prescription in hand, that forever changed the trajectory of my health and life. I decided to not fill my perscription that day, but to instead seek the root cause of my symptoms, by working with holistic and functional practitioners.  

 

My truth came from working with a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She was able to piece together my health puzzle and to reveal that I had nutrient imbalances, adrenal fatigue and undiagnosed celiac disease. Our work together revolutionized both my life and my health!

 

• I joined the Nutritional Therapy Association in 2009 and graduated as a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.   

 

• From 2008 to 2013 I ran and cooked for an all organic school lunch program for 500 kids in San Francisco. I served in roles as both a General Manager and Sous Chef. 

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• From 2018 to 2024, I had the great privilege of collaborating with Dr. Brandon Crawford, of NeuroSolutions Austin, on hundreds of complex traumatic brain injury, autoimmune, ADHD and chronic GI patient cases. This experience was profound for me both on a human-heart level, and professionally growing my knowledge and experience as a Practitioner. I am forever grateful to Dr. Crawford, and the families and clients that trusted me with their health, and the  health of their loved ones.

 

• Currently, I am mentoring with Dr. Datis Kharrazian through the Kharrazian Institute. In 2020, I was chosen as one of the 300 Practitioners to participate in Dr. Datis Kharrazian's Clinical Mastership Program. In 2023, I was one of the 20 practitioners in the world who received the Kharrazian Institutes 'Flame of Knowledge' award for excellence in Functional Medicine.

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It's been an absolute honor to  do this work and continue to align with and learn from the best of the BEST!!