The summer is fading fast and those long lazy evenings on the porch are morphing into harried afternoons shuttling kids to and from their various activities. The school year is fully upon us.In between gathering their new school shoes and fresh pages of notebooks, take …
Early Detection Can Save Eyesight
When it comes to protecting your child’s vision, one of the simplest methods can often be overlooked or lost in the shuffle. School-aged children should be getting vision tests as early as possible. The Association of Optometrists in the UK suggests that children as young …
[:en]Paul T. Urrea, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.[:]
Your daughter keeps rubbing her eyes, and every time your son looks at something in the distance he squints and slightly tilts his head. Are these simply symptoms of allergies, tiredness, and day time light, or are they signs of a larger issue? In order …
Join the Know the Glow Community Group!
Hello Everyone! We are so incredibly excited to be launching our KTG Facebook Community Group and we are looking forward to having your help in directing its growth! We have always wanted to create a forum for KTG parents to share ideas, thoughts, suggestions, and …
Philana Chen
Philana Chen was introduced to Know The Glow by Lannette Turicchi. She has been working in the finance industry for almost 20 years. Currently, she is a Global Wealth Private Banker with BBVA Compass. Prior to joining BBVA Compass, she worked for a family office …
Robert Scott
Mr. Scott is a graduate of Williams College and Georgetown University Law Center. Following law school, Mr. Scott served as a Law Clerk to a Federal Judge in Chicago, and later served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles. After practicing law, …
Cindy Mays
Cindy Mays is the director of corporate development for Know the Glow. Her background is in infection disease and microbiology, and has spent the past 30 years working in research, and marketing for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Cindy is married and the …
Paul T. Urrea, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Urrea is a Board Certified Eye Surgeon in practice in Los Angeles, California. He received his college education at Yale University, earning a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He went on to earn his medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine, …
Checklist: 5 Questions To Prepare for Your Child’s Eye Exam
So, you’ve scheduled an eye exam for your child with an optometrist or pediatric ophthalmologist – ideally, it’s one of the three they need before they’re age five (six months, 3 years, 5 years). Now, how do you prepare to make the most of the …
[:en]Mom on a Mission: Turning Injury into Impact[:]
As educated parents, we don’t want to be “that paranoid parent.” We don’t miss our children’s regular check ups, and we like to think that that’s enough. If anything were really wrong, our wonderful pediatrician would notice, right? The truth is alarming. According to the …