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Dianna Garrett

Center for Elders' Independence

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Center for Elders' Independence

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I loved my grandmother deeply and that lead to a career in Senior Healthcare marketing and advertising on both the client and agency side of the equation. I moved around a lot (as one does in the advertising world) and at one point found myself on the Mattel account marketing $80 collectible Barbie dolls..... I had lost my way. It was time to make some changes.

I found my home over a dozen years ago when I walked into an informational interview with the founder of Center for Elders' Independence - the East Bay PACE program. Healthcare had never made so much sense! Here was a plan that concentrated on all the social determinants of health to help elders stay more healthy so they could continue living at home. And it saved everyone money. What was not to love? I consider myself very lucky to love my work and go home every day knowing I make a difference in people's lives and in the community in which I live.