Background
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 | Theresa Cullen I am a family medicine physician and I still provide care in an emergency room setting. I have been involved in HIT for the last three decades, working with under-resourced and underserved populations to provide IT tools that help achieve health equity. In my journey, I have developed lots of skills in organizational management and behavior. I know that working with motivated and committed communities makes a difference. And, I have been in LOTS of meetings where I was the only woman, so I know that there is a glass ceiling that we are shattering! | I hiked to Ribbon Falls in the Grand Canyon when I was young, and back again 40 years later. It hadn't changed in forty years. How is that for geological time! |
 | Jan Flowers I am a clinical faculty member at University of Washington. I’ve been in tech my whole adult life – a programmer for the first part, then getting into health informatics for the second part. My passion is social justice and health equity, so I began working using health information systems for resource constrained settings. Needless to say, working in tech, many times I have been the only woman on the team and know all too well the challenges of being heard and included! I love helping people find their voice in communities where they may be underrepresented and feel intimidated to speak up for a variety of reasons. I don’t always have all the answers, but I can at least be a good listener and be supportive! | My family and friends love board games, so a couple of times a month we get together and spend the night playing games together. Pandemic and Machi Koro are our current faves. I often lose because my husband is super competitive and really awesome at games, and I’m always trying to find ways to beat him! |
 | Jordan Freitas I am a grad student in computer science. I'm interested in all things technology and social justice and OpenMRS was my first introduction to their overlap in the real world. Women and men in this community have helped me grow into the kind of developer (and person) I want to be! I love talking and brainstorming with anyone about these things, highs and lows of navigating our professional lives authentically, language learning, animals, smoothies, or other things. | When I was a teenager I was really into (razor) scooter tricks. |
Maimoona Kausar I am Team Lead in Interactive Health Solutions and have been a software engineer for public health care sector since 2010. Working in this domain helps you think out of the box where innovation leads the way and your work is seen influencing the society to make lives better. For first few years I had been the only woman in tech department but glad to see the situation has changed over past few years. I am a big advocate of women rights and believe in making change on grass root level. Apart from professional life, I like to learn about different cultures and customs. I also love to see people from different social and geographical backgrounds working together for improving public healthcare. | I like horse riding but got a chance only twice |
Resources
Here we will collect links to articles, talks, and anything else we find inspiring or helpful in understanding diversity and cultivating inclusion.
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