Summary(0:23) Employment difficulties in home care -- (2:19) Growing client interest in health care policy -- (4:26) Growing up in Saint Lucia and visiting family in Brooklyn -- (5:09) Gradual family immigration to the United States -- (6:03) Redirection from architecture to nursing -- (6:36) International presence at CUNY -- (7:12) First nursing job at Kings County Medical Center -- (8:23) Return to studies at New York City College of Technology -- (9:00) Strong female mentors -- (10:15) Expanding studies into creative writing -- (11:45) Acceptance to the Narrative Medicine MA Program at Columbia University -- (12:22) Connection between medicine and storytelling -- (15:15) Creating platforms -- (16:42) Importance of self-knowledge
NoteAudio interview conducted on February 8, 2017, by Torey McNeil at Central Library for the Let's Talk 2016 initiative. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectSaint Lucia ; Medical care ; Health care reform ; Creative writing--Study and teaching ; Home care ; Nurses ; Public health ; Education ; Narrative medicine ; Capitalism ; Political participation
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TitleOral history interview with Kimberly LaForce on 2017 February 08.