Jeff Cato & Erik Wexler

Jeff has been blind since birth and has been a valuable member of the Providence Health team since graduating high school. He initially began his career in food services and has now transitioned to the IT team, where he plays...

Jennifer Kucera & Sarah Quinto

Jennifer shared her story about the barriers to healthcare she and others living with a disability face every day when they seek to get the healthcare they need. This has led her to becoming an advocate for health equity for...

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Gilles Frydman and Larissa Dandrea

Larissa Dandrea (42) asks her colleague Gilles Frydman (68) about his journey through treatment for sleep apnea and how he ultimately became a patient advocate and community creator for those experiencing sleep apnea.

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Amber Christ and Teresa Nguyen

Research collaborators Amber Christ (43) and Teresa Nguyen (35) talk about their personal paths to aging and disability advocacy, respectively, and their current collaboration to intersect the two fields into one research study. They also share how these topics relate...

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Cecilia Saffold and Kristi Bohling-DaMetz

Colleagues Cecilia Saffold [no age given] and Kristi Bohling-DaMetz [no age given] share how their experiences with their pregnancies shaped their view of health equity.

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Michael Holtz and Brenda Blunt

Colleagues Michael Holtz (54) and Brenda Blunt [no age given] share how their experiences inform their work in health equity. Michael talks about his experience as a cancer survivor, and Brenda talks about her work in nutrition literacy.

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Jing Wu and Aminah Jones

Colleagues Jing Wu [no age given] and Aminah Jones [no age given] share how their personal experiences with healthcare and in the pharmaceutical field have shaped their approach to health equity and patient advocacy.

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Theresa Edelstein and Lynn Mertz

Colleagues Lynn Mertz (58) and Theresa Edelstein (63) talk about their work with the Leaders in Equity and Diversity (LEAD) Collaborative. They discuss their careers and the need for health equity.