One of the most fulfilling parts of my work is getting to meet with health care and community leaders. And, nearly everywhere I visit, there is a common refrain: our local economy would be in dire straits without our hospital.
Providers & Health Care Workforce
Our health care system needs to work for our health care providers, too. Read more about how we're working to ensure it does.
Race is a Social Construct
For hundreds of years, we’ve been told that each race is a discrete group of people defined by specific genetic and biological differences. But it’s all wrong.
Six Degrees of Health Care Expertise
I’m a mommy and a wife. I’m a born and raised Alaskan that has built snow caves to sleep in and fed moose by hand. I have won spelling bees, trained dolphins, and completed (very, very slowly) ten sprint triathlons.
Promotoras in Action
The peer-to-peer support models promote leadership that is rooted in the idea that communities have a better chance of reaching their goals for health if they are operating and advocating themselves.
Prisoner to Mental Health
When my sister had a mental breakdown, she found herself face-to-face with two police officers. They called an ambulance and she was escorted to the hospital where she was placed on a 72-hour hold.