…lens of sustainability. In healthcare, for example, sustainability can mean resource reduction (energy & water savings), improvements in recycle, safer cleaning chemicals, healthier menus and more access to commuter options….
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Kellie Fitzgerald: A Boutique Publishing Company
…young kids to building a career in healthcare at a time when most women did not work outside the home. Years later, when I was born to a teenaged mother,…
A Surf Therapist Builds a ‘Really Beautiful Thing’ for Trauma Survivors
…on Peru, an organization that provides access to healthcare. It also works with an area organization that teach women how knit and sell the products they make. Elick attributes Groundswell’…
Toiling for Years Behind the Scenes, Female Scientists Finally Get Respect for Covid-19 Vaccines
…make her lose focus. [Related: Female Healthcare Workers Who Saw Worst of Pandemic Are Leading the Way Out with Vaccines] “When you’re really convinced about something and you have the…
Meet the Candidate That Got the New York Post Talking – in All the Wrong Ways
…of it – distributing food and toiletries at Covid-19 testing sites and low-income encampments around Philadelphia, and advocating for rent freezes and universal healthcare. Through that work, “I noticed injustices…
1000 Stories Spotlight: Alexa Stone Building Sustainability for Everyone’s Good
…to recognize the value of the comprehensive lens of sustainability. In healthcare, for example, sustainability can mean resource reduction (energy & water savings), improvements in recycle, safer cleaning chemicals, healthier…
New Zealand Women in Business Series: Dr. Kim Chilman Blair & Dr. Kate Hersov, Co-Founders, Medikidz
…the globe, from Europe to Australasia, from CEOs of the multinational healthcare companies to the world’s leading specialist pediatricians, from marvel comics book writers to groups of children affected by…
Running Women Q&A: Stacey Abrams on Turning Georgia Blue
…will also make certain that communities have access to healthcare, which is one of the best ways to attract new businesses. As someone who grew up in a family that…
Against the Odds, 3 Women Launched a Medical Startup to Help ‘Million-Dollar’ Preterm Babies
…and a chief financial officer — walked into the pitch meeting in Boston with high hopes. Their goal was to draw a group of angel investors to their new healthcare…
Frustrated by North Dakota’s Response to Covid-19, a Veterinarian Runs for Governor
…it doesn’t even seem political — it all seems like big, complex problem-solving.” Her campaign priorities include investments in public education and healthcare (for humans and animals alike). She also…
Christy Duncan: Clothing Consignment with a Mission to Help Others
…an education, healthcare and other necessary supplies that will allow their family to prosper. Hearing about their growth, seeing pictures of their smiling faces and receiving their letters about what…
This Health-Tech Founder Wants to Bring Data — and Dignity — to the Vaccine Rollout
…of calm and dignity to the chaos. Her year-old company, Xcelrate UDI, tracks barcode data on implantable medical devices. Its barcode scanning app, used by 450 healthcare facilities across the…
Sharon Davison: Red Sky Blue Water– A “Can-Do-Anything” Attitude In Business
…healthcare, taxes and additional costs associated with running a business. It is way more expensive to be profitable than I ever imagined. Who is your most important role model? Any…
When Pain Derailed This Doctor’s Career, She Started a $5 Million Nonprofit That Saves Pregnant Women’s Lives Around the World
…a program for maternal and child healthcare. I had no idea at the time that so many women were dying from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. TEXT: In 2008 Laura…
Giving Up Cardiology for Public Health
…falling through the healthcare safety net. ROSEANNA: It’s so stigmatizing to say that you’re homeless. And so people suffer in silence and they don’t get the things that they really…