BIOTE PROVIDER

One of the first things you notice about Candace Reusch is how good you feel in her company. She lives
for that.
Born in San Bernardino, CA, Candace moved to Florence, KY when she was a toddler. She grew up
experiencing the best of the Kentucky outdoors in a house surrounded by 500 acres. She spent summers
four-wheeling, swimming, and, in high school, competitive cheerleading.
Early on, Candace knew she really had a passion for science, and her studies reflected this. She realized
in high school that she wanted a career helping other people. “My mother had some health issues, and I
helped take care of her,” she said. “I saw the difference I could make for someone. So I began to realize
that I liked making people feel better, and it ultimately became what I wanted to do with my life.”
At 17, she moved to Lexington to start undergraduate studies at the University of Kentucky. After getting
an associate degree in Science, she earned her BA in Nursing from Eastern Kentucky University.
Then she went to work at University of Kentucky Hospital in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit. This
high-pressure position required caring for critically ill and injured people, many with head trauma. A strong
critical thinker, especially in stressful situations, Candace excelled at her position.
It was around this time that a unique sequence of events sent Candace down a different career trajectory.
In 2016, she partnered with RN Jennifer Walsh to begin Zero Gravity Aesthetics, which was voted
Northern Kentucky’s favorite med spa twice in its first two years by Northern Kentucky Magazine.
While the med spa expanded its offerings of aesthetic services, Candace and Jen continued to provide
wellness and common illness care. They put procedures and systems in place to make sure they
provided patients with the utmost in safety, as well as exceptional care. Since both came from ICU
nursing backgrounds, they demanded the discipline needed to check and verify everything before any
treatment. And when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and they couldn’t provide aesthetic services, Candace
and Jennifer traveled to Florida to help with testing and treatment of COVID patients in that hard-hit state.
As the pandemic subsided and they turned their attention back to the med spa, they realized there was
still a need for rapid COVID testing, and an expanded need for primary care services.
This led to the expansion of their business to include ZG Wellness as a separate entity. Services have
expanded to include a spectrum of primary care offerings, plus dermatology, and Candace, as a nurse
practitioner, is able to treat patients and write prescriptions.
What does Candace do when she’s not working? Chances are, you’ll find her on the water. Her favorite
leisure activity is boating. She, her husband David, their dog Chula, and two cats (Loki and Jovi) spend
many summer weekends on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky or Norris Lake in Tennessee, with lots of
nieces and nephews. All with everyone feeling great when they’re around Candace.

Jennifer Walsh loves to travel, which is appropriate, because her life has been a remarkable journey. And
at Zero Gravity, she is delighted to help scores of her clients along their own personal paths toward
improvement.
Jen was born in Harrison, Ohio, near Cincinnati, and lived there until she was 18, when she moved to
Northern Kentucky. Always outdoorsy, she loved to camp, boat and swim as she was growing up—and
still does to this day. She didn’t play sports in high school, concentrating instead on academics. Math and
science were her favorite subjects.
After she graduated, she started her family of five children. When the youngest entered kindergarten, Jen
decided it was time to go back to school herself, starting at Northern Kentucky University and finishing her
Nursing Degree at NKY partner institution, Ivy Tech.
She then dove deep into one of the most intense areas of the profession: Pediatric Intensive Care.
“I had a child born prematurely and I remembered all the time we spent in the hospital, and how important
the nurses were,” she said. “For me, it felt like giving something back.”
So for the next few years, Jen traveled the nation, working as a contract Pediatric ICU nurse in locations
including California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana—in all, 15 different hospitals all around the country.
Sometimes, she was there for four weeks, sometimes a lot longer. She often brought her family along,
and they used the experience as a time for adventure.
But nursing is stressful—and nursing in an intensive care setting is especially stressful. So when Jen met
Candace Reusch (also an ICU nurse), the two bonded immediately. And they started discussing career
paths beyond their high-stress nursing jobs.
Jen had been working in California around the time med spas started becoming popular there, and
shared this knowledge with Candace. Jen was especially intrigued by the idea of having one place where
working women could go to get a variety of treatments. The two very driven professionals began exploring
the idea in earnest, and crafted a plan that became Zero Gravity Aesthetics.
“My dad owned his own business,” she said. “And Candace is a natural entrepreneur. So we started
working, taking classes online and at locations around the country, and putting things in place to offer
fillers, wrinkle reducers, facials, and eyelash extensions. It took us about five or six months. Then we took
a deep breath and said, ‘here we go.’” Zero Gravity was up and running.
Since then, Zero Gravity has been named “Best Med Spa in Northern Kentucky” twice, and continues to
grow. The vision Jen and Candace had for their business keeps paying off.
“We did what we set out to do: build one location where women could come and get the treatments they
wanted—all under one roof,” Jen said. “We wanted a place where they felt comfortable coming back,
where they could tell someone what they wanted to do for themselves, and have someone really listen.
The turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic led Jen and Candace to step back into action as nurses and
caregivers, traveling to Florida to medical professionals and the National Guard handle the massive
number of cases early on. When they returned to their med spa business, the decision was made to
expand their primary care services through the opening of ZG Wellness.
When she’s not working, Jen spends time with her partner Kevin, her five children (Emili, Stephanie, Jack,
Katie, and Chris), her three grandchildren (Riley, Ryan, and Jack) and her dog Waylon. She’s a die-hard
Green Bay Packers fan who goes to Lambeau Field even in bad weather, and is always in search of the
next adventure.