About SAA Laser Institute · Near Tempe, Arizona
A school known bythe people who teach it.
SAA Laser Institute is Michelle Fox’s campus near Tempe for laser, injectables, and advanced aesthetics education. This page is the home for the founding story, the published team, and qualified approval language — not a second catalog of classes.
Michelle Fox SAA
From Skindipity to an institute near Tempe.
Michelle Fox is the founder of SAA Laser Institute. The live about page traces her path from Kansas aesthetic training in 2003 through an online education platform and into the Tempe-area school that opened in 2020.
She began aesthetic training in Wichita, Kansas, in 2003 and later completed advanced laser certification in Phoenix. In 2011 she founded Skindipity.com as an online platform for aesthetic professionals.
The current about page describes a later lead-trainer role at a Central Oregon medical spa and work connected to laser laws in that region, then a 2015 return to Phoenix managing a five-location medical spa while traveling to train for laser companies.
Skindipity evolved into SAA Laser Institute in 2020. The live about page dates that opening to July 2020 and says Michelle wrote a 600-page curriculum. Ask admissions for the current edition used in class — the page does not publish a public table of contents.
The live about page claims more than 500 students, including physicians, nurses, and aestheticians. Confirm the reporting basis before treating that figure as a launch statistic.
A published timeline
The years the live about page actually names.
Aesthetic training begins
Wichita, Kansas, according to Michelle’s published biography.
Skindipity.com
An online platform for aesthetic professionals, later evolved into SAA.
Return to Phoenix
Five-location medical spa management and traveling laser-company training, as currently published.
SAA Laser Institute
The Tempe-area school opens. The brief founding year is 2020; the live about essay specifies July.
How the school is described
Approval language, kept inside its limits.
The creative brief identifies accreditation by the Arizona Radiation Regulatory Board and the National Council on Laser Certification (NCLC). That is school standing. It is not a state license for a graduate, not CE/CME unless a specific class says so, and not legal scope of practice.
School accreditation
Ask admissions which Arizona and NCLC statements apply to the class you want — wording can differ by pathway.
Student documents
Each class issues its own completion document. Confirm the exact title before you enroll.
Campus near Tempe
1 mile from Tempe, off the 202, at 1061 N Dobson Rd, Suite 118, Mesa, AZ 85201. Email info@saainstitute.com to arrange a tour.
The people on the live about page
Faculty and advising, as currently published.
Team names, roles, and photos are pending confirmation with SAA. Bios are rewritten from the live about page. Superlatives are omitted. Portraits are from the current SAA about page.
Leadership
Owner/Founder
Michelle Fox
Founded Skindipity.com in 2011 and evolved it into SAA Laser Institute in 2020, per her published biography.
Medical director
Medical director
Dr. Briana Cain, NMD
A board-licensed naturopathic medical doctor practicing at Ageless Anatomy in Phoenix. Medical degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe; Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of New Mexico. The live about page lists certification in laser and radiofrequency aesthetic modalities and training in Botox, Dysport, dermal fillers, and mesotherapy, plus membership in the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and the International Hormone Society.
Course advising and campus support
Manager / Course Advisor
Brynlyn Loomis
A graduate of SAA’s Super Pulse course. The live about page calls her the first Course Advisor and says she relocated from New Mexico after graduating. She helps prospective students match goals to a course.
Course Assistant
Dorinda Gorman
Supports students through class days. The live about page notes a prior accounting background and describes her role as keeping sessions organized so students can stay with the hands-on work.
Course Advisor
Natalie Tobin
A Course Advisor and SAA graduate. The live about page cites more than 21 years as a hairstylist, educator, and former salon owner, and a recent move from New Mexico to Arizona.
Course Advisor
Danielle Thompson
A Course Advisor with a professional background in construction. The live about page notes she is bilingual in English and Spanish and works with prospective students on course fit.
Laser educators
Laser educator
Desiree De La Fuente, MA, LSO, CLT
The live about page lists medical assisting, laser technician, and laser safety officer credentials, a cosmetic-laser career beginning in 2016, and concentrated work in tattoo removal and scar revision. The same biography appears twice on the live page; it is published once here.
Laser educator
Erin Lavelle, LE, CLT, LSO, PBT, PMU
Began aesthetics work in 2005 in New York, later performed facials and body treatments at Walt Disney World in Orlando, and moved to Scottsdale in 2011 for laser school. The live about page lists CO2 laser, chemical peels, RF microneedling, microneedling, laser hair reduction, IPL, non-ablative resurfacing, tattoo removal, dermaplaning, and DiamondGlow among her teaching range.
Laser educator
Sonja Leigh, LE, LSO, CLT
Moved to Phoenix in 1993, attended cosmetology school, and began aesthetics and cosmetic laser work in 2007. The live about page says she taught clinic laser for more than seven years at the school she had attended, then worked with a plastic surgeon and at a Chandler medical spa.
Injectable educators
Injectable educator
Jenni Presmyk, BSN, RN, CMNI, CLT
A registered nurse with a surgical-nursing background who now teaches injectors. The live about page, captured in 2026, still described a Nurse Practitioner degree with a 2024 completion target. Confirm her current credential before treating that sentence as current.
Gallery, without a separate gallery URL
The Tempe-area room is part of the story.
The live gallery is photographs of training and graduates. Those URLs redirect here. Use the slots below for campus and classroom photography — not stock syringes.
The live about page includes a virtual-tour heading. An embed was not captured. Email info@saainstitute.com to schedule an in-person tour and observe an hour of class.
Student voices
Names from the live testimonial page — not invented quotations.
The current testimonials URL is a video page. Until SAA supplies files or approved transcripts, these names are media slots only. Do not treat the live page’s “best in Arizona” essay as copy.
Ask admissions about current graduate stories- Dr. Jennifer Planitz
- Emily Y.
- Reagan R.
- Lara D.
- Wendy C.
Next
If the people fit, the catalog is next.
Compare laser, aesthetics, injectables, online, and Kansas pathways, or speak with a course advisor about eligibility and current details.