Dr. Marlene Mahipat was born in Trinidad and moved to the United States in 1990 to pursue an education in Chiropractics. She received her Associates Degree from Brevard Community College and a Bachelors Degrees from Regents College in Florida before moving to South Carolina where she attended The Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic graduating with a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree in 2001.
Dr. Marlene Mahipat moved to Maryland in 2002 to pursue a career in Chiropractics where she started a company called Mediquest in 2004 to provide patience with cost-effective chiropractic care that meets the needs of the general public as well as those with special needs such as pregnant women and infants.
Dr. Marlene Mahipat also devotes time to charities. She founded Helping Orphans Prosper Everywhere (H.O.P.E.) in 2005 – a non-profit 501C children’s foundation – that focuses on providing food, clothes, vitamins and educational supplies to underprivileged and displaced children. She also started People Letting Every Animal Survive Euthanization (P.L.E.A.S.E.) in 2006 – a non-profit pet foundation that focuses on helping otherwise healthy animals from being put to sleep and on-going projects to help elderly with food and vet bills for their pets. She also has volunteered for the last five years doing weekly deliveries for Meals-On-Wheels to the elderly, shut-ins and people who cannot afford to purchase food or prepare meals themselves.