Dorena Rode Dorena Rode was born in 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. She moved to California in 1979 as a runaway. There she worked in restaurants in a variety of capacities and went back to school to study art, early childhood education, and writing. After taking a ourse in Folk Medicine at the Cabrillo Community College, she became interested in herbal medicine and pursued training in Traditional Chinese Medicine while simultaneously completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry with highest honors from UC Santa Cruz (1988). As a child and young adult, Dorena found sustenance in the manifestation of the divine in the world. Her altar was her garden and the natural wonders of the world. When Dorena joined her first Twelve Step fellowship in 1989, that marked the beginning of a formal spiritual path and a program of self-improvement. Read More Read Less