Gender Female
The founder of PREMIER VISION, Dr. De La Peña was born in California but grew up in Texas at an early age. She was awarded the Academic Excellence Award Scholarship from the University of Houston where she completed eight years of intense studies. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the renowned University of Houston College of
Optometry in 2002. Fluent in Spanish, Dr. De La Peña is a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, Texas licensed as a therapeutic optometrist and optometric glaucoma specialist who can diagnose and treat eye diseases.
Dr. De La Peña co-manages refractive eye surgeries with some of the top Lasik surgeons in the U.S. In addition, she has experience in fitting a broad scope of contact lenses such as, spherical, toric, monovision, bifocal, and rigid gas permeable lenses. While a student in college, she also worked as an optician for five years in order to gain first hand experience in properly fitting, dispensing, and fabricating glasses. She understands the significance of making glasses properly in order to see comfortably and clearly.
