LEAD the FUTURE of DIGITAL HEALTHCARE
Success is something few people achieve on their own. Behind every leader, innovator, or entrepreneur is a team of cheerleaders – advocates, sponsors, mentors, family, friends - who helped them along their journey and inspire them to reach their full potential. As I ask you to support Kennesaw State’s Master of Science in Healthcare Management and Informatics program, what I’m really asking is for you to be that cheerleader for the students. Your help provides advocacy, mentorship, and closes the financial gap for our students. More importantly, it creates a circle of gratitude where graduates give back by becoming mentors for the next generation, lifting them along the way.
When I moved to the United States from India in 1996 to study computer science at the University of Maryland, there were only a handful of women in my class. That number shrank into single digits by the time I graduated. When I began working as a technology and management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, I saw the same gender disparity. As a woman of color living in a new country and working in a male-dominated technology industry, it was easy to feel like I didn’t belong. I was proud of my accomplishments, but I saw nothing explaining why I should be an anomaly. It dawned on me that the reason so few women work in technology isn’t a lack of aptitude; it’s that they have a scarcity of role models, mentors, and sponsors showing them that they can.
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DIGITAL HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATIONS SUMMIT
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