Dr. Jessica Boyd is the President and CEO of Unity Health Care, the largest network of community health centers in Washington, D.C. and is a practicing pediatrician. She was also a former Senior Implementation Consultant at McKinsey and Company from 2015-2017.

Jessica aims to change the medical landscape by achieving health equity to medically underserved communities. The third generation to be involved in medicine, a desire to help others is deeply rooted in Jessica’s family history. 

In this episode, we talk to Jessica about the under-resourcing that marginalized people experience in health care, as well as the importance and love she has for working with children as a pediatrician. Jessica is a true testament that no one does it alone, giving flowers to those who came before her and helped inspire her on this journey. 

WE GIVE THESE FLOWERS IN COLLABORATION WITH

McKinsey and Company and the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility. Their goal is to inspire, empower, and sustain action that leads to the economic development of Black communities across the globe.

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