Meet La Tosha Holmes, CPNP-PC, a Certified Nurse Practitioner from Webster, Texas, who at 42 years old has launched iCare Pediatrics, the first ever Black-owned pediatric practice in Galveston County which is just 30 minutes away from Houston.
La Tosha, who graduated from the University of Texas School of Nursing when she was just 27 years old, says that she wanted to start her own practice to help bridge the gap in healthcare for Black and Brown children. Because of this, her practice is conveniently open from 8am to 8pm to accommodate parents who work a 9 to 5 shift.
She comments, “With every news article, book, social media post that you read, there will be an astounding deficit as it relates to black and brown children and health care. We know that Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) among black infants are more than 2.5 times that of white infants (Singh & van Dyck, 2010). If we are to be successful in eliminating disparities in health [for children of color], we must first and foremost care enough (National Academies Press, 2009).”
