Racial Diversity in Healthcare Management
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
Healthcare, Minority, Executive, Ethnicity
Biography
My name is Gretel Toloza Alvarez, I was born on October 12, 1997 in Las Tunas Cuba. In June of 2014, I came to the United States and was faced with the monumental task of adjusting to a new culture and learning a new language. After graduating from Capital High School in Charleston in 2015, I earned a pharmacy technician certification and worked there until 2016, came to Marshall as a pre-med/chemistry major and Spanish major. I have continued to work tirelessly at Marshall and I have been able to manage a daunting course load.
Major
Health Science and Spanish
Advisor for this project
Dr. Shannon Butler
Abstract
Our society has become very diverse, which has led to a demand for it to be inclusive and embrace our diversity. Several organizations and industries, including the healthcare system, have focused on providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, origin, economic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc. Although, the healthcare sector aims to provide equal opportunities, all too often it fails in this regard. As a part of the Hispanic community planning to go into healthcare administration with ambitions of achieving a CEO status, I have personal interest as to why there is such a small percentage of Hispanics holding executive positions in healthcare. In this paper I will unveil why executive roles are so limited for minority individuals, especially for Hispanics, and how they can obtain career success while making their way to executive positions in healthcare.
Racial Diversity in Healthcare Management
Our society has become very diverse, which has led to a demand for it to be inclusive and embrace our diversity. Several organizations and industries, including the healthcare system, have focused on providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, origin, economic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc. Although, the healthcare sector aims to provide equal opportunities, all too often it fails in this regard. As a part of the Hispanic community planning to go into healthcare administration with ambitions of achieving a CEO status, I have personal interest as to why there is such a small percentage of Hispanics holding executive positions in healthcare. In this paper I will unveil why executive roles are so limited for minority individuals, especially for Hispanics, and how they can obtain career success while making their way to executive positions in healthcare.
