Staff
Ally B.
Receptionist
Ally graduated from the Dental Assisting program at San Joaquin Valley College in October 1994 and received her RDA (Registered Dental Assistant) license in 1995. She started her career doing chair side dental assisting and worked in that capacity for 7 years. For the past 4 years she has worked in the front office as a receptionist. Ally joined the HAPY BEAR staff in February 2005.
Linda E.
Registered Nurse
Linda graduated from La Sierra College in Southern California in 1972 and became a Registered Nurse. During her career she has worked as a nurse in the hospital ICU (Intensive Care Unit), Dr.'s offices, Recovery rooms, and Pre-op prior to surgery. Like all the nurses at HAPY BEAR Linda keeps her licenses current and has current certificates in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). She joined the HAPY BEAR staff in June 2001. Linda is married and has 3 grown children.
Lupe N.
Dental Assistant
Lupe graduated from the Dental Assisting program at San Joaquin Valley Collegs in June 1988 and received her RDA (Registered Dental Assistant) license in 1989. She has worked in the dental field for 17 years. Lupe joined the HAPY BEAR staff in January 2005.
Suzanne H.
Registered Dental Assistant / Back up Receptionist
Suzanne graduated in January of 2000 from the dental Assisting Program at San Joaquin Valley College, with her Associate of Science (AS) degree, Radiology and Coronal Polish certificates. She started her career as a back office Dental Assistant (DA) in February of 2000. After passing the California State Board examination she received her Registered Dental Assisting (RDA) license in November of 2000. She assisted Dr. Zuiderveld for about 1 year before Dr. Zuiderveld moved to HAPY BEAR DENTISTRY and in November 2001 she joined the HAPY BEAR staff where she again assists Dr. Zuiderveld and is a back up Receptionist/floater. She married her High School sweetheart in the spring of 2000 and has started to expand her family.