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Meet Carol Loya, Allianze Case Management: Lupus Warrior to Business Owner
My guest today and I have a very special link: Carol Contreras Loya is my baby sister. But we have another very special and rare link: We share a pair of kidneys! Carol was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic illness when she was only 15. At a time when I was worried about pep rallies and college applications, she was fighting for her life with multiple hospital stays and surgeries. At the age of 21, her disease attacked her kidneys. Her doctors tested all of us, and we found we were a perfect match.
After her transplant of my kidney in 1993, Carol was inspired to study nursing, and despite her health struggles, worked hard to earn a degree from UTEP, the University of Texas at El Paso, becoming the 2nd in our family to cross a university stage. However, her illness made traditional nursing next to impossible for Carol, and she began to search for other avenues where she could use her nursing degree without the long hours and risks to her own health. A cousin of ours reached out to her about an opportunity in the home health realm where she could set her own schedule and not be on her feet as much. Carol found that the individualized patient contact and ability to follow and celebrate progress brought her the fulfillment she was searching for. She took the next steps to earn her Case Management certification, and built a career with a large Case Management company working with Workers’ Compensation cases.
However, the entrepreneurial nature inspired in us by our mom continued to pull at her, and with the support of her husband, who was working in marketing while pursuing his own degree, she launched her own company, Allianze Case Management. Starting with just a few contacts, she pounded the pavement, built relationships with doctors and networks, and was able to land lucrative contracts with the Department of Labor. She recently celebrated her company’s third anniversary.
Join us to hear about how her illness manifested into a passion for providing compassionate, dedicated health care and what drives her to continue to be a leader in her industry. Vamonos– juntas somos pasionarias! .
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By Nena Contreras BarnettMy guest today and I have a very special link: Carol Contreras Loya is my baby sister. But we have another very special and rare link: We share a pair of kidneys! Carol was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic illness when she was only 15. At a time when I was worried about pep rallies and college applications, she was fighting for her life with multiple hospital stays and surgeries. At the age of 21, her disease attacked her kidneys. Her doctors tested all of us, and we found we were a perfect match.
After her transplant of my kidney in 1993, Carol was inspired to study nursing, and despite her health struggles, worked hard to earn a degree from UTEP, the University of Texas at El Paso, becoming the 2nd in our family to cross a university stage. However, her illness made traditional nursing next to impossible for Carol, and she began to search for other avenues where she could use her nursing degree without the long hours and risks to her own health. A cousin of ours reached out to her about an opportunity in the home health realm where she could set her own schedule and not be on her feet as much. Carol found that the individualized patient contact and ability to follow and celebrate progress brought her the fulfillment she was searching for. She took the next steps to earn her Case Management certification, and built a career with a large Case Management company working with Workers’ Compensation cases.
However, the entrepreneurial nature inspired in us by our mom continued to pull at her, and with the support of her husband, who was working in marketing while pursuing his own degree, she launched her own company, Allianze Case Management. Starting with just a few contacts, she pounded the pavement, built relationships with doctors and networks, and was able to land lucrative contracts with the Department of Labor. She recently celebrated her company’s third anniversary.
Join us to hear about how her illness manifested into a passion for providing compassionate, dedicated health care and what drives her to continue to be a leader in her industry. Vamonos– juntas somos pasionarias! .
Support the show
For more pasionaria stories, follow on social media:
@somospasionarias. Make sure to like and subscribe to catch all my new episodes. Keep chasing your passions, mis amigas!