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I am one of five children and my parents have been married for over 37 years! I am married to my high school sweetheart and mom to four beautiful children. My husband and I met in our small hometown of Ridgecrest, California, home to about 30,000 people. I went to Cal State Channel Islands to study Biology, then graduated from medical school at Ross University School of Medicine. My family has moved with me all over the world in pursuit of my dreams. We moved to Modesto in 2012 for residency and felt right away this was going to be our new home. By the time I graduated from the residency program, we had already bought a home in Modesto and were settling in, making friends, and building our life here.

RaeLeigh Payanes

I am the middle child in my family, one of three children, brought up by a hardworking single mother. I am originally from Long Beach, CA and attended University of California Irvine for undergrad with a major in biology. Then I studied medicine at Santo Tomas Medical School in the Philippines, which allowed me to live near the area my family is from. I later moved to Hawaii and started my residency training there in Hilo and finished my training at Valley Consortium Medical of Education in Modesto. This is where I met my current partner and began to plant my roots here.

Karen Rayos