Nityamo Sinclair Lian graduated from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe in 1999. She received her Masters of Public Health in 2007 from the University of New Mexico. She has worked in health care for at least thirty years - first as a dental assistant, then as a shiatsu/acupressure practitioner, massage therapist and physical therapy assistant before becoming a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico.

After graduation, she joined the University of New Mexico's Department of Psychiatry and Department of Internal Medicine designing and implementing acupuncture research studies looking at acupuncture treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and at anxiety in women with breast cancer. Since 2001, she worked and volunteered extensively in public health acupuncture, specifically working with acupuncture for addictions using and teaching a simple ear acupuncture protocol.

In 2008, Nityamo co-founded Public Health Acupuncture of New Mexico (PHANM), a non-profit organization that helps make acupuncture more accessible in New Mexico. In 2009. She set up Community Acupuncture at Highlands clinic which has since become Community Acupuncture Albuquerque - our current clinic which gives more than 6000 treatments per year. The umbrella non- profit Public Health Acupuncture of NM coordinates ear acupuncture for addictions programs across NM and pre-Covid our affiliated programs gave over 8000 treatments a year. Nityamo is a member of the People's Organization of Community Acupuncture; Society for Acupuncture Research; NM Public Health Association; and the American Public Health Association.

Cindy Aeby is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and NCCAOM diplomate, with 17 years of experience. She has been working at a community acupuncture clinic in Austin TX and is a New Mexico native who has recently moved back to the area.

Cindy wholeheartedly believes in community style acupuncture because it is affordable, accessible, and allows patients to derive the full benefit of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.