Tesa Anewishki: Championing Equity and Transformation in Healthcare
19-05-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com

Tesa Anewishki: Championing Equity and Transformation in Healthcare

Before Tesa Anewishki became the first African and Native-American CEO of Loretto Hospital, she received an early holiday lesson in her youth about the importance of giving and selflessness. 
It came via a bearded man — not the one you’re thinking of — on a downtown Chicago street when she was around 13. This man had a garbage bag and icicles in his beard.
So, Anewishki’s mother pulled over, got out of the car, and disappeared into a department store. 
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