Our team of experienced Vision Therapists come from unique backgrounds that have led them to specialize in different areas of passion and expertise within the vision therapy space. This allows our team to be uniquely capable of working with a wide variety of patient types and diagnoses that cater treatment to each specific patient’s needs.
Julie Smith
Vision Therapist
Julie has been helping people suffering from brain injuries (TBI), stroke, low vision, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and learning disabilities since 2016. Her passion for this field started from her own experiences in recovering from a traumatic brain injury. As a part of her year and a half long rehabilitation process, Julie experienced first hand how transformative vision therapy can be.
Julie is passionate about offering vision therapy to those in need while also providing much needed emotional support and positivity to those struggling from a TBI. She is a board certified Neuro-Vision Therapist and has pursued extra courses and certifications to treat complex patients with vision-vestibular dysfunctions. Julie’s personal mission is to share with others the gift vision therapy has given her.
Krishelle Todd
Vision Therapist
Krishelle has spent much of her adult life helping and teaching people. While in college, she spent two years as a preschool teacher. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in International Studies from CSU in Fort Collins, she started her career as a vision therapist working primarily with developmental cases. After stepping away from vision therapy to explore other career avenues, half a decade later Krishelle’s true passions guided her back into helping people through vision therapy.
Krishelle is driven by a strong desire to help those in need. While her vision therapy career started working with developmental cases, she has refined her skills and abilities to treat patients of all ages and across multiple complex diagnoses. This includes gaining significant knowledge in the area of vision rehabilitation. Krishelle believes if she can make just the smallest difference in someone’s life and improve it, she has done what she was meant to do.
Megan Palsgrove
Vision Therapist
Megan has a background in education and social Work with degrees from Colorado State University and Metropolitan State College of Denver. Throughout her career, a common theme has always been the innate desire to help and heal others. When she discovered the field of Vision Therapy, she knew this important emerging field was a perfect fit for her skill set as well as an opportunity to grow. She values working with and supporting individuals in VT by learning and understanding each person’s uniqueness and collaborating with them throughout treatment. Megan is a Colorado native who loves spending time outdoors; hiking and camping with her husband and dog, running and traveling.
Nicole Ferreyros
Vision Therapist
From a young age Nicole was intrigued by the eyes and fascinated by how the visual system worked. She started her career in the field of eye care in 2005, filling a variety of roles from helping the doctor, to teaching first time contact lens wearers how to insert and remove them, to optical and helping patients pick out awesome new frames and making sure they have the best lenses for their needs. While continuing to work, Nicole was also going to school to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from MSU Denver. Her innate desire to aid others and her fascination with the brain and eyes led her to explore Vision Therapy, recognizing it as her calling. Relocating from Denver to Houston, she diligently worked towards her Certification in Vision Therapy, achieving this milestone in 2019. Now a Certified Optometric Vision Therapist, Nicole has returned to her roots in Denver, cherishing the opportunity to be closer to her family. Outside her profession, Nicole finds joy in quality time with her niece and nephews, hiking adventures with her furry companion, exploring farmers markets, and practicing yoga.
Stephanie Ward
Vision Therapist
Stephanie brings over 15 years of highly complex, lifesaving experience in patient care from her prior medical career, where she assisted physicians during critical procedures and managed high-pressure situations with skill and compassion. Though her work was impactful, she felt it left something to be desired in terms of direct, hands-on patient influence. This drove her to seek a role where she could make a significant difference, leading her to the field of vision therapy. Eager to specialize in neuro-vision rehabilitation, Stephanie is pursuing further training to support patients with brain-related visual challenges, drawing on her innate commitment to helping others.
In her free time, Stephanie enjoys exploring Colorado’s outdoors, balancing her professional drive with family time and community involvement.
Taylor Benton
Vision Therapist
Taylor is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and earned a master’s degree from the University of Central Florida in Applied Learning and Instruction before relocating to Denver. He has almost a decade of experience in the field of optometry as a certified vision therapist, certified optician, and certified paraoptometric assistant.
Taylor enjoys utilizing his diverse optometric experience, previous work as a behavioral specialist, and his research based, Educational Psychology graduate program to work with patients of all ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses. He is most passionate about treating complex strabismus/amblyopia cases, sports vision training, and the privilege of working with special needs populations. In his free time Taylor hikes the mountains of Colorado in the summer and loves snowboarding in the winter.
Valerie Secor
Vision Therapist
Valerie brings a rich background to the vision therapy team, with a BA in Psychology and a Master’s in Elementary Teaching. After 10 years as a classroom teacher (Kindergarten, First, and Fourth grades) and 2 years as a reading specialist, she gained deep insight into learning challenges. For the past 6.5 years, she has focused on vision therapy, earning her COVT certification in 2023. Discovering the field by chance, Valerie realized many of her past students likely had binocular vision issues, sparking her passion to remove these barriers.
She loves seeing patients transform—whether it’s a child mastering reading, bike riding, or hitting a baseball for the first time. This drives her commitment to helping all reach their potential. Outside work, Valerie enjoys hiking, skiing, and dirt biking with her husband Mike and dog Molly, plus creative pursuits like photography and watercolor painting, often inspired by the foothills’ wildlife.