Meet your Healthcare ACT Team!
Kayla Luna
Karensa Benavides
Melody Webb
Hello students! I am so excited to be a part of your journey here at Bryan! 🙂
I started my journey in 2015 with my first associates and I have been going ever since.
I wanted my own career but also financial stability for myself and my family.
After I obtained my bachelor’s degree, I got my first job in Healthcare in July of 2021!!!
I didn’t have any prior healthcare experience other than being a stay-at-home mom for 6 years.
I currently live on the outskirts of Dallas, Ft. Worth area and have 2 beautiful children and 3 doggies.
I enjoy going on staycations with my friends and family and cooking for everyone while watching football.
If I can do this career thing, so can you!!!
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts” -Winston Churchill
Hello! My name is Kerensa Benavides; I just finished my medical coding and billing certification here at BU! I am now pursuing my associate degree in HIM Management. I love anything that includes the outdoors, from hiking to camping and anything in between! I am a mother of 5 beautiful children, and they are my life! I always want to be there for people and help them in any way I can! I heard something the other day and they said, “Don’t shut down, break it down!” That is a great way to go to school and get everything done. We can do it together!
Feel free to contact me at the email/text/phone below! Talk to you soon!
Kerensa.Benavides@bryanuniversity.edu
719-428-7338
Hello everyone! My name is Melody Webb. I am a new Academic Consultant here at Bryan University. Currently at BU, I am pursuing my certificate in Medical Billing and Coding, and then on the pathway to achieving my Associate’s in Health Information Management.
I love music, spending time with my kids, and learning more about reptiles and amphibians. I play the flute and piano, and I sing in my church’s worship group. I have been married for 14 years with four wonderful children, a bearded dragon named Drakie, and three beautiful grandchildren. My family is my life.
I have always had a passion for healthcare and want to help people to be the best they can be in life. I am here to help wherever and whenever I can be of assistance.
My email is melody.webb@bryanuniversity.edu.
Jacqueline McCoy
Gerry Gordon
Hello my name is Jacqueline P. McCoy and I have been a student here at Bryan since 2020. I’m in my Bachelor’s in Health Administration Management.
I joined Bryan ACT Team in 2022. I am married to my husband Greg of 34 years. We live in Conyers, Georgia. We have have three children; two boys and a girl. Our boys live here in Georgia and our daughter lives in San Antonio. We have six beautiful grandkids who are our precious jewels. I love football, my team is The Dallas Cowboys and no I’m not from Dallas. I also love traveling and hanging out with family and my bestie.
I look forward to assistance you in the near future.
I am so excited to be on the ACT team. I spent more than 30 years in healthcare administration and reimbursement within hospitals, clinics, and large medical practices and I love sharing my knowledge with others. I have 3 certifications from the AAPC: the Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and the Certified Professional Biller (CPB) and the CRC Certified Risk Adjustment Coder and through AHIMA I have the CCS Certified Coding Specialist.
My husband Greg and I adopted our grandchildren, so I have a 12- & 14-year-old at home along with my 2 dogs Thor & Zoe. When I am not working, I am off with all of them. Or I’m doing homework because I am currently in the master’s program for public health here at Bryan.
Students (you) are the best part of my job.