Our Team

Cheryl is our vision therapist and hails from Orange County, California. She graduated from UCLA’s Kinesiology program and is a certified occupational therapist after receiving her masters from the University of Southern California in Occupational Therapy. Cheryl’s favorite part of working at the practise is working with the patients and she enjoys learning about neuro-optometric rehabilitation. One of her most memorable moments of working in eye care was when one client who suffered a head injury came in because she was feeling very unbalanced, dizzy, had many headaches, and was unable to accomplish her academic goals. After the first treatment, the patient felt a lot of improvement with the headaches, and at the second treatment she whispered to her mom “I feel normal”.

Cheryl is married with a daughter in college and a 12 year old son. Her greatest achievement is raising great kids as she’s very passionate about her kids and providing support to them. Her ultimate goal is using the gifts she was created to use, and sharing those gifts to help others. Cheryl tries to go to the Sierra Nevada mountain range annually as she loves nature, the outdoors and fishing. Her other hobbies include reading and watching sports, as she is a fan of the Dodgers, UCLA basketball and college football. She enjoys listening to various genres of music such as classical, pop, rhythm & blues, jazz, and contemporary rock.

Carolyn Mathews is our office supervisor and she grew up in California. She got her undergraduate degree from California State University, Long Beach and her graduate degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Laverne. She is certified in customer service and enjoys working at our small clinic, making it easier to connect with everyone on staff. Carolyn is passionate about helping others, making sure everyone is happy when they leave the office. She wears glasses and contact lenses. Her greatest achievement is buying her house and her ultimate goal is making a difference in customer service to help others.

Carolyn enjoys Christian and Jazz music. She’s an artist and can be found crafting and painting when she’s not at work. She is also a huge hockey fan and plays softball, basketball, golf, and volleyball. She is rooting for the New Orleans Saints, Lakers, and UCLA football.

Harmony is from California and is our insurance coordinator and assistant to Dr. Ikeda. She graduated from University of Southern California’s Biology program on full scholarship and her goal is to become an optometrist. Her favorite parts of the job are the patient connections and getting to speak on behalf of the clinic to promote neuro optometric rehabilitation. Harmony wears Ortho-K contact lenses at night which allow her to see clearly without needing to wear glasses or contact lenses during the day (she’ll be happy to tell you more about it!). 

Harmony is passionate about helping out the growing clinic in any way possible. Her most meaningful part of working in the eye care field is working with the workers compensation patients; getting to know their background, understanding the diagnosis, and helping them with rehab therapy in a way that helps them function better in daily life.