Mary E. Leazure, O.D.

Dr. Mary Leazure has been providing comprehensive eye exams to patients in the Dallas area as Associate Faculty at UT Southwestern Medical School from 1997-2002. She has seven years of experience fitting contact lenses designed to treat eye disease in a hospital setting. Dr. Leazure has a special interest in providing pediatric vision care to children as young as six months. She opened Modern Family Vision, in 2003 to continue superior care to her patients. She tries to stay very involved in the community, and cares deeply for all of her patients, she is the type of doctor that will go the extra mile to make any patient have better vision and makes sure that before they leave the office that they understand everything she has stated to them and makes sure they are comfortable with everything before they leave the office. She is a devoted mother of four and loves her children dearly.

Janet Castro, O.D.

Dr. Janet Castro was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Florida in 1996. She went to College at Valencia Community College and Memphis State University. She went to Optometry School at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN and graduated in 1989, this is where she met her wonderful husband Tom they were married in 1991 and they have a 10 year old daughter. In 1987 & 1998 she went to Costa Rica as a student volunteer in Optometric Services to Humanity with the Lions Club. 1989 - 1990 she worked at Maitland vision Center in Florida, doing General Optometry, Low vision and contacts. She moved to the Dallas, Texas area in 1990 where she works as a relief optometrist. She is active in the community and also speaks fluent spanish.

Lanette

Lanette is our Optical Manger, She currently holds a North Carolina license as an Optician, she has kept this license up since 1997. This is a specialty to our office because in the State of Texas you do not have to hold a license to be an Optician. Lanette has over 16 years experience in the field of optics. She moved to Texas in 2005 and has been with Modern Family Vision since reaching Texas. She is married and has 1 child.

Elise

Elise is our Resource Manager. She dedicates her time to handling both vision and medical insurances for the convenience of our patients. Elise was born in Cleveland, Ohio then moved to San Antonio and has been in the Allen area for the last thirty years. She has two children and two grandchildren that she loves to talk about all the time. She likes to go hiking and back packing and spending time at home with her husband and two cats.

Jerry

Jerry is our Book Keeper.He has a wonderful wife of 46 years, he also has 2 sons and 6 grandchildren. He is not a face that you see a lot of. He is usually looking at the computer and working with numbers. He works part time, he is retired since July 2006, that is when he moved from Florida to Allen. Even though he is retired he says he is still to young to be hanging around the house watching the grass grow. He went to University of Akron in Ohio to major in Accounting and Business Management. He was in the U.S. Air Force. He is very active in his church, Avid Reader, Big Sports fan with Basketball, He tends to gear more towards University of Akron Sports. He does like the Dallas Mavericks, He is also a Cleveland Browns fan. He is also a Dallas Cowboys fan but will choose the Browns during the Cowboy/Browns game! All you cowboy fans may want to change his mind on that one!!!!!!!

Mitzi

Mitzi is new to our office, and she has about 10 years experience total in the optical field. She has 3 children and 2 grandchildren whom she is very proud. Mitzi was a Firefighter and EMT in the southeast Texas area for 6 years and enjoys helping people in any way she can.

April

April is an optician in our office and has worked in the optical field for about 7 years. She has a degree in Fashion Design from UNT, so she can help pick a great style for your glasses. She is now going back to school to become a pharmacist because she loves working in the medical field. April is from the Dallas area and has been married for a little over a year.