Dr. Schweiker was born in San Angelo, Texas and grew up in multiple places, including Rome, Italy. Her family eventually ended up in Lynchburg, Virginia where she graduated from E.C. Glass High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Duke University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine/MCV, where she also completed her pediatrics internship and residency. As part of her outpatient primary care training she worked at Monument Avenue Pediatrics as a pediatric resident. She joined Monument Avenue Pediatrics full-time as a pediatrician in 1997. She is board-certified in pediatrics and is on the faculty of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond as an Assistant Clinical Instructor.  She has been recognized in Richmond Magazine’s Top Docs for Kids and Top Docs issues, West End's Best Magazine and Chesterfield Living Magazine. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Harbison Award for Pediatrics, the Emily Gardner Pediatric Resident Award, and the Rookie of the Year Attending Teaching Award. She has been involved with mentorship programs with VCU/MCV School of Medicine, the Pediatric Internship and Residency program at CHOR, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, and Swansboro Elementary School. She will frequently have a student, intern or resident with her in the office. Dr. Schweiker and her husband have raised three young adults and after years of PTAs, Boosters and youth sports, they now enjoy an empty nest. A member of Reveille United Methodist Church, Dr. Schweiker volunteers with the Open Table program supporting young people transitioning out of the foster-care system, United Methodist Women, and in partnership with Friends of Barnabas, medical mission work to Honduras. She has been on the boards of Connor’s Heroes, the Maggie Walker Governor’s School Foundation, and the Virginia Children’s Care Network for CHOR.  She loves working in a small practice where she gets to watch her patients grow up and gets to know their families very well. She enjoys traveling, reading, working out, gardening and spending time on the Jersey Shore and the Northern Neck.

Dr. Soltys was born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia and spent part of her childhood in Berlin, West Germany. After graduating from Berlin High School, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a medical degree from The University of Virginia. She completed a pediatrics internship and residency at the Virginia Commonwealth University/MCV. She is board-certified in pediatrics. Dr. Soltys joined Monument Avenue Pediatrics in 1999 and enjoys seeing patients in a small practice. Her husband is an infectious disease physician and she has a special interest in that area. Dr. Soltys and her husband have two sons and one daughter. In her spare time, she enjoys going to the beach, cooking, gardening, and traveling with her family.

Dr. Tennis was born and raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She received her Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Richmond. Afterwards, she worked for a year at Monument Avenue Pediatrics as a nurse’s assistant. She returned to school to complete her medical degree and masters of public health at Saint George’s University in Grenada, West Indies. She returned to Richmond for her pediatric internship and residency at Virginia Commonwealth University/MCV. During her training she worked at Monument Avenue Pediatrics, joining our staff full-time in 2011. She is board-certified in pediatrics. Dr. Tennis enjoys the continuity allowed by a small practice and getting to know her patients and their families. Dr. Tennis and her husband have two daughters and a son.  When she is not working, she loves spending time with her family, traveling, photography, running, hiking, barre, and gardening.

Dr. Senecal grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Delaware as part of the honors program in Biology.  She graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia prior to moving to Richmond for her pediatric residency at Virginia Commonwealth University/MCV.  Before joining Monument Avenue Pediatrics in 2016, she was pediatric chief resident at VCU/MCV and worked at St Mary’s Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist, where was recognized as a Richmond Top Doc.  She is board certified in pediatrics.  She has been a member of the quality committee for the Virginia Children’s Care Network since 2020. She enjoys working at Monument Avenue Pediatrics because the small practice environment allows her to really get to know her patients and their families.  When not working, she enjoys spending time traveling, running with her dog, Camden, reading with her cats on her lap, and rooting on the Orioles, Ravens, and Tarheels.

Dr. Allen was born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. She received her bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Following college, she worked at a family practice office in Richmond for a year prior to attending Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. While in medical school, she completed some of her clinical work in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  After medical school she moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Louisville. Upon graduating from residency in 2023, where she received the Chairman’s Award, she returned to the Richmond area and joined Monument Avenue Pediatrics.  She is board certified in pediatrics and has a special interest in breastfeeding medicine.  She is looking forward to getting to know all of the families at the practice and watching everyone grow! She and her husband have a cat and a dog. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys spending time with her family, pets, walking her dog at local parks, swimming, watching documentaries and crocheting.