Your Name: Julie Zafuto, DNP-C, FNP-C, RNFA

Age: 52

Business Name: Nerve 2.0 Wellness Center

Town/Neighborhood: Downtown Mesa

Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment

Personal background highlights: Previous military officer (Desert Storm); grew up in Colorado; one child (16-year-old son)

Professional background highlights: Doctorate in nursing practice (25 years). Previous emphasis in trauma, women’s health care, gastroenterology, urology, hormone replacement therapy, reconstructive plastic surgery, medical aesthetics, family practice, pain management, addiction medicine and psychiatry.

What I do: Specialize in custom wellness solutions, to include hormone pellet therapy, sexual wellness (Alma Duo), IV nutrients, CBD hemp products, pain, fibromyalgia, neuropathy treatment and medical weight loss.

What I like most about doing business here: So many opportunities to reach out to a wide ranch of people and make them feel better.

Changes I’d like to see in this area: I’d like to see a new hospital take the place of the old Mesa General Hospital

What am I promoting: We specialize in making people feel better with multiple modalities. So many people suffer from fatigue, depression, anxiety, decreased libido and an overall feeling of illness.

What I’m excited about and why: I am most excited about making everyone feel better. Healing people and giving them a reason to get up every morning and create the life they’ve always wanted.

Favorite community cause and why: My favorite community cause is helping the homeless and mentally ill.

When and why I started my business/employment here: I opened my own practice because I was tired of not being able to practice “healing” patients the way I needed too.

Where was before and why I left: I have been practicing pain management for many years. I had so many patients that needed more than just pain medication

My family: I have a 16-year-old son.

My interests & hobbies: I enjoy everything outside; I love to hike, bike, ski, snowboard, exploring and anything around water. I also enjoy art projects, painting furniture, painting on canvas and crystals.

People who inspire me (and how): My mom inspired me to be a better person.

My guiding philosophy: Treat others the way you want to be treated

My advice to today’s youth: Stay off your phone and invest in people.

For more information: Nerve 2.0 Wellness Center is at 455 N. Mesa Drive Suite No. 12 in Mesa. Call 480-567-9789 or email Patient@Nerve20.com. The website is nerve20.com.