Today we’d like to introduce you to SARYNA LE.
Hi SARYNA, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I CAME TO THE U.S. AT THE AGE OF 2 WITH MY PARENTS AS REFUGEES. GROWING UP I’VE WITNESS THE STRUGGLES THAT MY PARENTS GO THROUGH TO NAVIGATE AND UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. SYSTEM AND IT’S FAR FROM EASY IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. SO ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO, MY PARTNERS AND I HAD AN IDEA ON WHAT CAN WE DO TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WHEN GOLDEN HEARTS CARE WAS BORN.. WHEN WORDS GOT OUT, WE HAD HUGE TURN OUT OF SENIORS SIGNING UP FOR OUR ADULT DAYCARE SERVICES. HERE WE PROVIDE TRADITIONAL MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, SUPPORT GROUPS, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, MONTHLY BIRTHDAY/HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR GATHERING , AND SOME MEDICAL NEEDS. WE NOW CURRENTLY CARING FOR 120 CLIENTS AND YES, THEY ARE ALL VIETNAMESE. LOL.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
THE PROCESS WASN’T TO BAD, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS TIME CONSUMING WAS GETTING ALL THE INSPECTION AND APPROVAL FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI. BECAUSE WE ARE FUNDED BY THE MISSOURI MEDICAID
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I GROW UP THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS WITH MY PARENTS AND HELPED THEM OPERATED FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS WHILE STILL IN MED SCHOOL BECOMING A RADIOLOGIST. SO WHAT I WENT TO COLLEGE FOR AND WHAT I DID IN THE PAST HAS NO CONNECTION WITH WHAT I’M DOING TODAY BUT JUST THE PASSION I HAVE FOR MY COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE LIFE OR IN ANTHER WAY OF SAYING IT IS COMPASSIONATE CARE ROOTED IN CULTURE.
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