Collaborating to Promote Equity and Transform Healthcare:

“Until the Lion tells its tale, the Hunter will always be glorified." -Zimbabwean Proverb More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net How can a social enterprise address health disparities and support healthcare transformation?  In this episode, we talk with Ivelyse Andino, owner of Radical Health, the first Latina-owned-and-operated Benefit Corp in New York City.  Radical Health is a social enterprise that facilitates healthcare fluency, promotes self-advocacy, and forges collaborative conversations and relationships with cutting-edge healthcare technology.  Radical Health aims to ‘come alongside’ and partner with historically marginalized communities to transform healthcare.  In our conversation with Ivelyse, you will: Hear Ivelyse’s personal experiences with healthcare systems and the impact she sees when communities come together to learn from one another Understand Ivelyse’s perspective on the importance of individuals knowing how to navigate healthcare systems and building trust with those systems Learn what health care fluency is and why it is important in addressing health disparities and transforming health care Understand to the 4 steps to health care fluency Learn about the work Radical Health is doing in New York City and the plans to intentionally and collaboratively expand, scale and grow Hear Ivelyse describe how social change leaders can be ‘early and not wrong’ as well as other advice  More about Ivalyse Andino  Ivelyse Andino is an award-winning, Afro-Latina, health equity innovator born and raised in the Bronx. She is a Roddenberry Fellow, as well as the founder and CEO of Radical Health and a Commissioner on the NYC Commission on Gender Equity. In founding Radical Health — the first Latina-owned-and-operated Benefit Corp in NYC — she combined her expertise in healthcare and her passion as a community organizer. Coming from an historically-marginalized community herself, Ivelyse initially built Radical Health around her kitchen table and hearing first-hand from voices who are otherwise never given a say in their own healthcare destiny. Through Radical Health, Ivelyse is transforming healthcare by facilitating healthcare fluency and self-advocacy, as well as forging a relationship between meaningful face-to-face conversations with cutting-edge technology. https://www.radical-health.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ivelyse/