Dr. Espinosa on Pregnancy Leave!

What a year 2024 has been personally and professionally! With Dr. DeSimini joining the practice last year to help share in providing quality dental care so I may have the time and space to work on starting my family, I became pregnant at the beginning of this year! 

I would also like to shout out our team members, Tina Rodgers who coordinates our schedule and the front office, Icelya “Cel” Pacheco our awesome dental assistant, and Heather Natsios who manages all the office’s back-end tasks and auditing from her home office. Without our team dynamic I would not have been able to enjoy my pregnancy as much as I have over the past 9 months. 

Now is the time that I can declare that I am officially taking full time leave to prepare and welcome our little girl, Madalena Marcia Oliveira, into our lives! Dr. DeSimini and our team will hold down the fort until the end of January. 

During this time, we will also be welcoming to the practice Dr. Ella Saeed, a Novato native, fellow USC/Children’s Hospital Los Angeles trained board-certified pediatric dentist. She will be providing care a handful of days while I am out of the office so we may have more days open to better serve our families and the community. 

Thank you to all of you parents that have been cheering me on as I embarked on this journey to becoming a mom. I have felt an abundance of love and support. I have really taken in and gratefully absorbed all the tips, tricks, recommendations and well wishes. I am so excited to introduce baby Madalena to all of you in 2025.