Sekou Andrews

I got engaged by healthcare and inspired to inspire folks in healthcare very early in my career.

And I'm a very purpose-driven person.

So one of my biggest fears when I was thinking about creating this public speaking category, I was very concerned that am I just going to become the corporate guy?

Am I just going to be, in a sense, selling out for the highest bidder, right?

So I was very conscious of wanting to make sure that I pick and choose where it is I want to use my voice.

And I started to realize very early on some of the paths that I would always stay committed to.

One of them was education because my last job was a fifth grade teacher and both of my parents are educators.

And so I maintain a commitment to education.

But then I began to encounter some healthcare clients at some of these events.

And I found myself going, I really enjoy using my voice for this audience.

It feels meaningful.

It feels purposeful.

When it's nurses, when it's

researchers and scientists, when it's physicians and surgeons, when it's community health organization, when it's any of these types of hospital systems themselves, I feel the impact is so much more direct.

And I feel like the ripple effect that it's making in the world is so much more direct.

And so that's really why I began to push my voice into health care and ultimately

Over many years, I would say probably 40, 50% of my clients have been healthcare in some way.

It's the people that care that are constantly plagued with, am I doing enough?

So I say healthcare folks are riddled with that double-edged sword.

You're in the most impactful work, but you're only in it because you're the kind of person that would commit your life to that.