‘What does health equity actually look like?’: How Allina’s Vivian Anugwom is trying to narrow care gaps and build trust in Minnesota health care
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Not long after she graduated high school, Vivian Anugwom and her mother began traveling to their family homeland of Nigeria to do medical mission work, taking health care supplies to rural parts of the country.
The experience was formative. “Seeing folks not having access to basic health care and realizing how much people appreciate when you bring health care to them,” Anugwom said, “sparked my interest in working in health care and advocating for people who typically don’t have access to that basic human right.”
Eventually Anugwom went on to earn a master’s degree in community health. In 2013, an internship at Allina Health opened her eyes to the power of health systems to provide access to people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. The internship led to a series of jobs at Allina, all focused on community health.
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