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Nancy Goodpasture was born in Illinois, raised in Mexico City and the suburbs of Chicago, and moved to West Virginia in 1974. She attended the Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy and became a Professional WV Licensed Massage Therapist in July of 1998. She also spent one month in 2002 studying massage at the Esalen Institute in California, and a year and a half studying Oriental medicine. She specialized in Swedish massage and deep-tissue neuromuscular therapy.

Nancy organized and established a state-wide group of professional massage therapists, established professional massage on a volunteer basis at the Clarksburg VA Hospital, taught massage classes, and was active in public speaking and other volunteer massage services.

She is an artist, musician, and writer, enjoys working with dogs, and also supports several groups (such as organ donation, blood donation, Food Pantry, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big Sisters, HOPE Task Force on Domestic Violence, and Fairmont Chamber Music Society). She encourages you to do the same and follow your heart to the places you can best serve your community.