Holly Mueller
Holly Mueller, Legacy Optometry's Office Administrator, is a born and raised lifelong resident of beautiful Lassen County, CA. Her love of caring for people began at an early age and has driven both her personal and professional life. She has been working in healthcare for 20+ years. Her professional skills cross various medical fields ranging from emergency medical technician, surgical technician, and health records and resource management. Throughout her career and personal life, Holly greets each day with a great smile, along with a dose of humor, while providing compassionate care.
During her time away from work you’ll find her volunteering at community activities, working with youth, and spending time with her husband, 3 children, 2 dogs, and a short-tailed cat. Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, and ball games provide an endless supply of joy for Holly and her family.
During her time away from work you’ll find her volunteering at community activities, working with youth, and spending time with her husband, 3 children, 2 dogs, and a short-tailed cat. Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, and ball games provide an endless supply of joy for Holly and her family.
Taylor Knecht
Taylor is another amazing part of our Legacy Team! Taylor grew up in Susanville and was (and we hear still is) an excellent athlete throughout her school years. Taylor has a background as an EMT, and came to us with excellent optical experience in one of the busiest opticals in the Sacramento Valley.
She is excited to be back home, and we are excited to have her! She is extremely knowledgeable about all things optical, and is gaining vast knowledge in eye care as well! She is a passionate patient advocate, and will do all she can to make you as our patient feel at home and comfortable in your service and care!
Taylor acts as an assistant office administrator and is a huge help to our administrator, Holly, behind the scenes. We can't be more happy that Taylor is an integral part of our team!
She is excited to be back home, and we are excited to have her! She is extremely knowledgeable about all things optical, and is gaining vast knowledge in eye care as well! She is a passionate patient advocate, and will do all she can to make you as our patient feel at home and comfortable in your service and care!
Taylor acts as an assistant office administrator and is a huge help to our administrator, Holly, behind the scenes. We can't be more happy that Taylor is an integral part of our team!
Trish Rigling
Trish Rigling, an amazing Clinical Technician, was born and raised in beautiful Lassen County, CA. After her graduation from High School, she started her Medical Career, as a Medical Assistant at Redondo Beach Medical Clinic, in Redondo Beach, CA. It was a perfect fit, as Trish had a love of people, learning and medicine. After her return to Lassen County, Trish worked in the Dental Field for fifteen years. Once her Children were out of school, Trish once again followed her love of learning and medicine, as she returned to school at Lassen Community College, where she received her Associate of Science, and Licensed Vocational Nursing Degrees. Trish loves working with Patients in all capacities. She currently is with us as a per diem fill in, and we love it when Trish is around!
In her spare time, Trish enjoys her wonderful Husband, their three wonderful Children, and their beautiful families. Together, they enjoy the outdoors, camping, boating, and watching the grandkids sports. Trish relishes being able to be a part of their everyday lives. Dr Troy calls Trish "the mother of Susanville" and she is an amazing part of the practice!
In her spare time, Trish enjoys her wonderful Husband, their three wonderful Children, and their beautiful families. Together, they enjoy the outdoors, camping, boating, and watching the grandkids sports. Trish relishes being able to be a part of their everyday lives. Dr Troy calls Trish "the mother of Susanville" and she is an amazing part of the practice!
Alex Forster
Alex is 23 years old and grew up in Cerritos CA. He moved to Susanville about a year ago and has been loving the change of pace from the big city. He has a lot of hobbies, most of them involve building plastic models but he also enjoys working out and reading.
A fun fact about Alex is that he can speak conversational German and he takes any chance he can to practice his language skills!
He is always eager and happy to help our patients and meet new people. We are excited Alex is a part of our team and he is living our mission every day of quality, individualized care for our family of patients!
Alex is 23 years old and grew up in Cerritos CA. He moved to Susanville about a year ago and has been loving the change of pace from the big city. He has a lot of hobbies, most of them involve building plastic models but he also enjoys working out and reading.
A fun fact about Alex is that he can speak conversational German and he takes any chance he can to practice his language skills!
He is always eager and happy to help our patients and meet new people. We are excited Alex is a part of our team and he is living our mission every day of quality, individualized care for our family of patients!
Ann Trussell
Ann was born and raised in Susanville and has been married to her high school sweetheart for 48 years. They had 2 sons. Ann loves reading and literature having retired from Susanville School District as a Classified Librarian after 34 years with the District. After a brief retirement she was hired as Director of the Lassen Library District where she served for two years before re-retiring. This time she made it for nearly 7 years, but, when we called on her to help us for a while, she gladly came on board. Ann loves people and is truly enjoying being a part of our staff! In her spare time she loves being outdoors, swimming, gardening, sewing, crafting and caring for the many animals in her life, or just sitting on the deck in the shade. She has had to scale back on the young people sports she once loved such as dirt bikes and water skiing, but is always up for a good board game, RPG or some of that plastic figure painting !
Ayla Moore
We are blessed to have Ayla aboard who also has an amazing side-kick and part-time co-hostess Adley who was welcomed into this world May of 2021. Ayla has been in the medical field for 5 years, with vast experience in scheduling and insurance organization. She has had the privilege to work from home for a wonderful company--Legacy Optometry. She loves our purpose, the people, our company and being such a huge part of our solution for vision needs in Susanville. She further loves spending time with family at the lake, ocean and the great outdoors. We welcome you to our Legacy family!
Bailey Spalding
Bailey is an amazing addition to the Legacy Family! She has a long family history in Lassen County, and her smile, happy demeanor, and amazing ways with our patients makes her perfect to enhance your experience in our optical. She will make sure you receive the most compassionate care while selecting your individualized eyewear that will make you see the world in amazing ways!
Haley Strasburg
Haley joins us as a pre-optometry student at Lassen College. In her early days with us, she was shy, quiet, and hard on herself! Now, she is outgoing, confident, and amazing with our patients and team! Haley and Bailey both will continue to grow and do amazing things, not only for Legacy Optometry and our patients, but also the world around them! We are blessed to have Haley as a part of your optometric care at Legacy Optometry!
Michelle Peterson
Michelle has been a great addition to our team! She comes to us trained as a medical assistant, and has stepped up to learn optometric language, technician skills, scribing, and all things clinic amazingly well! You will find Michelle fun and educational! Michelle stays busy with her kiddos as well, and is an amazing mother and family member!
We are blessed to have Michelle with us in our journey of taking compassionate care of our patients. She fits right into that mission!
Michelle has been a great addition to our team! She comes to us trained as a medical assistant, and has stepped up to learn optometric language, technician skills, scribing, and all things clinic amazingly well! You will find Michelle fun and educational! Michelle stays busy with her kiddos as well, and is an amazing mother and family member!
We are blessed to have Michelle with us in our journey of taking compassionate care of our patients. She fits right into that mission!