Meet Our Staff!!!                                                                   

Melodie - Receptionist

Melodie was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and graduated from St Albert’s High School in 1988.  She moved to Connecticut a year later to be a live-in nanny.  While in Connecticut, she met and married her husband Joseph in 1995.  They lived there for 19 years before moving to Papillion in 2008.  She has a 12-year-old daughter named Lexi who goes to Papillion Jr. High.  Melodie has a dog, a cat, and two turtles.  In her free time she likes to do yard work and watch her daughter play softball.

Keri - Dental Assistant

Keri grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska and moved to Omaha in 1988, graduating from Ralston High School in 1994.  Keri attended Kaplan University where she received her dental assisting diploma in 2009. Shortly after, she was hired at Walnut Creek Pediatric Dentistry. She has an English bulldog named Georgia, a 7-year-old son Kael, and a 15-year-old daughter Alyssa.  Keri likes to play volleyball, watch sports, and spend time with her family.

Candi - Office Manager/Dental Assistant

Candi spent most of her childhood in Utah and later moved to San Diego where she enjoyed spending time at the beach boating and surfing.  In 2009 she moved from California to Nebraska.  She studied dental assisting at Kaplan University and graduated in 2010.  Candi has a kitty named Twinkles and a 3-year-old daughter Caytin.  In her free time she loves to play and sing with her daughter.

Katie - Certified Dental Assistant

Katie grew up in Omaha and graduated from Marian High School in 2003.  She continued her education at Creighton University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2007.  Katie attended Kaplan University for dental assisting and graduated in 2010.  She earned board certification for dental assisting in March 2011.  She has a very active cat named Joey.  Katie likes to travel in her free time and her favorite place to visit is Alaska.

Heather - Certified Dental Assistant

Heather was raised in Firth, Nebraska and now lives in Papillion.  She graduated from Southeast Community College in Lincoln with a dental assisting diploma in 2005.  She obtained dental assisting board certification shortly after graduating.  She and her husband Josh have two energetic children—Jacob is 3 years old and Ashley is a year and a half.  Heather likes to cook, spend time outside, and be with her family.