Founder of Frog Medicine, Kara Stiles, is a nationally certified nurse practitioner, with 16 years of health care experience. Kara is licensed as an NP in New Mexico, where she has practiced in primary care, sexual and reproductive health and hospice for 10 years, and is a Menopause Society certified practitioner. Kara has loved learning about the rich cultures and traditional teachings from meeting resilient individuals and families across New Mexico.

Kara’s life took a winding path through the military and business worlds before realizing her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner after graduating from Northeastern University, Boston. She focused her clinical practice on communities with limited access to primary care across the U.S., from Boston to Oregon, before choosing to make her forever home in New Mexico.  

Her life experiences have extended across many cultures, and lessons learned have culminated in respect for individual life choices. This perspective helps her connect with people on their healthcare journeys, and creates a space where individuals can explore what’s best for their health. Her practice focuses on sexual and reproductive health, and empowering choice and knowledge about your body.

She also has extensive experience in navigating the complexities of aging for individuals and their loved ones. After her decade of experiences as a hospice NP, she continues to build the knowledge and community needed to restore the dignity and compassion to the process with dying and death in our communities.

Following in her mother’s footsteps in her strong belief in the power of nature to heal, Kara has embraced the teachings of nature and traditional medicines. She is honored to have a community of traditional medicine practitioners guiding her to continually respect and celebrate the traditional medicines found in New Mexico and across the globe.