ABOUT THE BOOK
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There is currently a huge shortage of African-American and Hispanic/Latinx healthcare professionals in the United States. Representation matters in healthcare and in children's literature.
This book will encourage young black and brown girls to consider a career in healthcare. All healthcare professionals have similar qualities, skills and characteristics that can be cultivated over time. Therefore, I hope that this book can encourage girls to build these things earlier. I also hope that this book will ultimately help the future healthcare field to have more physicians, PA's, RNs/NPs, PTs, OTs, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, and optometrists of color.