Love The Tree of Life Clinic began with a simple but powerful belief: every person deserves access to compassionate, dignified care regardless of their background, housing situation, or income.
What started as a desire to meet medical needs has grown into a broader mission of caring for the whole person. Through healthcare, humanitarian programs, and faith based support, we serve our community with compassion, respect, and the love of Christ.
To restore hope and healing by providing compassionate, Christ centered healthcare and practical support to those in need. We strive to meet each person with dignity, kindness, and a genuine desire to serve.
To create a community where the love of Jesus is made visible through accessible care, practical support, and meaningful relationships. Our vision is to help transform lives one person, one need, and one act of kindness at a time.
Compassion
Meeting people where they are with kindness, empathy, and without judgment.
Service
Giving our time, skills, and resources to care for others and strengthen our community.
Integrity
Doing what is right with honesty, responsibility, and consistency.
Faith
Trusting God to guide our work and allowing His love to shape how we serve others.
Dignity
Recognizing the value of every person and treating each individual with respect.
Our work is rooted in Scripture and guided by both clinical excellence and compassionate care. We believe every person should be treated with integrity, empathy, respect, and dignity.
Our approach recognizes that caring for someone means seeing the whole person and responding to their physical, practical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Our foundation begins and ends with Jesus Christ. We believe everything we do should reflect His truth, His compassion, and His love for people.
Our faith shapes how we care for our patients, serve our neighbors, and respond to the needs of our community.
Quality medical care requires knowledge, accountability, compassion, and the ability to respond to the unique needs of each patient.
IQ | Intelligence Quotient
We use evidence based practices, professional medical standards, and ongoing quality improvement to guide responsible healthcare decisions.
EQ | Emotional Quotient
Care should feel compassionate as well as competent. We strive to create welcoming, nonjudgmental encounters where every patient feels seen, heard, and valued.
AQ | Adaptability Quotient
Every person and situation is different. We remain flexible and responsive to the changing needs of our patients, particularly those who are underserved or experiencing difficult circumstances.
Our goal is always to provide care responsibly, ethically, and with the best interest of the patient in mind.
Our Christian faith is not simply part of our name. It is the foundation of why and how we serve.
Faith | 2 Timothy 3:17
We seek to live out God’s Word through our actions, allowing our work and service to reflect His love.
Hope | 1 Corinthians 13:13
We believe hope is always worth offering. In difficult circumstances, we want every person who walks through our doors to know they are not forgotten.
Love | 1 Corinthians 13:13
Faith, hope, and love guide the way we care for people. Above all, we desire for our community to experience the love of Christ through the way they are treated.
DNP, FNP-C | Family Nurse Practitioner & Ordained Chaplain
Chaplain Dr. Carmen I. Johnson-Martell is a doctorally prepared Family Nurse Practitioner and ordained chaplain dedicated to meeting people where they are with love, compassion, dignity, and respect.
With more than 26 years in healthcare, Dr. Carmen worked her way from home health assistant and CNA to LPN, RN, and ultimately Family Nurse Practitioner. Her personal experience growing up in the foster care system also shaped her understanding of poverty, hardship, and the life-changing impact compassionate support can have.
Today, she brings her faith, clinical experience, and heart for service together to provide quality care and hope to the unhoused, underserved, marginalized, and other vulnerable individuals throughout the community.
Your generosity helps Love The Tree of Life Clinic provide compassionate healthcare, hygiene support, and practical resources to unhoused, underserved, and marginalized individuals in our community.
Medical and non-medical roles available every clinic day.
Primary Care Provider & Chaplain
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Use your gifts and experience to serve the unhoused, underserved, and marginalized through healthcare, outreach, administration, and more.
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