Meet the Team

Janet Ortiz, DA

Front Office

Janet manages the front office including scheduling and patient communication. Prior to joining Seven Hills Dental she has had over 10 years of experience. Outside of work she is busy raising a wonderful daughter and likes traveling with family.

Mena Sahar, BS, DA

Mena began her healthcare career working for several years as a Dental Assistant. Gaining exposure into the dental field as an assistant allowed for her to realize that her greater passion and interests were in the business side of healthcare. Mena's passion for the administrative side of healthcare was a main reason for her to go to school for health science where she chose to focus on the administrative side of healthcare.

Mena currently lives in the Bay Area where she spends most of her free time cooking, staying physically active, hanging out with family and friends, shopping, and trying out new restaurants.

Joselin Pacheco, BS, RDH, OMT

Myofunctional Therapy

Joselin is a lifelong learner and has obtained degrees from UC Davis and UC San Francisco. The Orofacial Myofuncional Education is an ongoing knowledge pursuit and she has taken classes at the International Academy of Orofacial Myology (IAOM), The Breath Institute and the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry (AAPMD).

Orofacial myofunctional therapy is one of her biggest passions as it targets the root cause of many dental, social, emotional and health issues that are very prevalent today.

When Joselin is not helping patients, she enjoys spending time with family. She loves to travel, garden, hike and read.

Summer Rios, DA

Dental Assistant

Summer has 10 years of Orthodontics experience. She tries to give every patient a perfect smile. She enjoys time with her 3 beautiful children and days at the beach.

Larisza Delira, RDA

Dental Assistant

Larisza brings 8 years of back-office experience. She strives to provide support to patients and Dr. T. Additionally, help with inventory management. At home she spends time with her 2 daughters.

Vijay Balasubramanian, BS, MS

General Operations

Vijay helped Seven Hills Dental from its founding days to run general operations, technology and finances. His formal training includes MS in Computer Science from Colorado State University.