If you have navigated the U.S. health system or advocated for your own health, then you know the frustration of struggling to feel listened to and heard.

It was those kinds of experiences

that motivated Ivalis Andino to launch radical health, a company that combines meaningful

community conversations with AI-enabled technology that helps people understand what is going

on with their health. I found this conversation really inspiring because unlike so many of our guests who have

a five-year plan, bulleted out from the jump, Yvalise really felt her way through becoming a CEO.

And while she may not have always been clear about the how of building this business, she is now.

She has always held tight to her

walk. Ivelis, thank you so much for doing this. Thank you so much for having me.

I am so into you because you were just building something that is so desperately needed

and does not exist. And it's one of those things we're like, how does this not exist?

Yeah, I feel the same way. Now, I want to start at the beginning, which is that growing up,

you thought you'd be a doctor. You wanted to be a doctor. What was motivating you down that path?

So this is one of those things that I didn't know what was motivating me until I was a little older,

a lot of therapy later to see it. So often the case. Right? When you can look back and say,

oh, that makes sense. I didn't have all the pressure to be a doctor

and pay everyone's bills. That wasn't the motivating factor. In fact, my family was very, like,

low-key. They were like, just, you know, live your life, love learning. That was one of the priorities

that my family instilled. But I grew up in the South Bronx and I grew up with asthma. My mom had asthma. We grew up

just seeing a lot of, I don't want to call it chaos because in many ways it was like community

and life, but just seeing a lot of traumatic things from, you know, car crashes.

So like just people struggling.

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