Wife, mom, ORTHODONTIST, entrepreneur, & FRIENDStep into the House of Dr. Tera
NETFLIX BINGER
TOOTH STRAIGHTENER
Fitness addict
Behind the woman you see…
…are over 10 years of navigating spaces that weren’t built for people like me.
I learned early how to adjust.
How to present myself in ways that felt more “acceptable.”
How to make others feel comfortable—so I could be taken seriously.
And still… I never felt fully welcome.
So I learned how to survive. But over time, that energy shifted.
The constant awareness of being the only one in the room…
the quiet pressure to prove I belonged…
It became exhausting.
Not just physically—
mentally. And it showed.
In ways I didn’t fully recognize at the time:
questioning my own capability
allowing fear to creep in
navigating without real community
And then life shifted.
Within one year, I got married, lost my job, became pregnant— and for the first time, I wasn’t walking into someone else’s room.
I was home. And I had to decide: what does it look like to build a life that actually fits me?
That’s where this house was built.
Not a perfect house. Not a finished one.
But an intentional one. And the least I can do is help the women coming next build differently.
Not just careers.
But lives.
Homes.
Spaces that actually hold them.
Rooms I’ve been in
Behind the Scenes
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