Vanessa Garcia

Vanessa Garcia is an experienced optometric physician currently practicing at Eye Care Associates of East Texas since November 2024. Prior to this role, Vanessa served as an optometric physician at HealthDrive Corporation from November 2022 to November 2024 and at The MedElite Group from January 2022 to November 2022. Vanessa began their optometric career as an optometrist at Pritchett Eye Care Associates, where Vanessa worked from June 2015 to February 2022, following an internship at Eye Care Associates of Nevada and another at The Eye Institute of Utah. Vanessa also holds experience as a laboratory teaching assistant at Pacific University, where duties involved mentoring optometry students in various clinical skills, and as an optometric technician at Dr. Dale Ogata & Associates. Vanessa earned a Doctorate of Optometry from Pacific University and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology/Animal Biology from Idaho State University.