Our Team

After 20 years in public health and watching our country almost crumble in 2020 due to community impacts from COVID-19, my passion for elevating social needs to the same level as health care exploded. All the public health guidelines on chronic disease prevention don’t matter if a single mom can’t miss one day of work to get to her mammogram or an older person can’t get transportation to their colon cancer screening. Building Unite Texas is now my passion!

As the spouse of an active duty service member, I’ve seen how challenging it is for veterans and their families to transition from the military to civilian life. Resources aren’t centralized, you don’t know where to go for what you need, and it’s exhausting to keep track of all the names and numbers you’re given of those that can help. By creating a coordinated care network, like Unite Texas, we’re able to help make accessing care easier for all people, including the military community.

As a single parent, domestic violence survivor, and Navy veteran, I personally have experienced frustration with the silos of health, human, and social service systems. Many times I went without the care I needed because of a lack of resources, or the fear that comes from having to tell your story multiple times. The Unite Texas network removes these burdens and enables community members to get connected to the services they need in a timely manner. I am now proud to work for Unite Us, a company dedicated to connecting health and social care.

Working in public health, you quickly realize that our most vulnerable populations usually have a host of needs aside from the one thing you’re assisting them with. When I first heard about Unite Us I thought, "Here is what we’ve been dreaming of, a way to efficiently connect people to resources and ensure they are supported in their journey to health." Having been that kid translating complicated medical situations for her parents, I deeply understand what it’s like to go from provider to provider, and how crucial it is to eliminate people having to tell their story over and over to receive what they need in order to thrive.

After a decade in the Navy, it was challenging to find a clear and purposeful mission. Nothing seemed big enough. Nothing seemed impactful enough. I believed the single biggest challenge that our country was facing was a broken healthcare system. What I didn’t see is that it wasn’t broken, it just wasn’t finished. With Unite Us, I’ve found my team, and we are dedicated to a very clear and purposeful mission: to connect health and social care, and improve health equity and the overall health and vitality of our nation. The Navy was patriotic, this is revolutionary.