Louisville Business First October 11, 2021
Lecresha Sewell, CEO and founder of Louisville-based startup Melanated Healthcare LLC, fell into entrepreneurship. It just seemed to happen as an opportunity became obvious to her and she seized on it.
And that opportunity came from a very personal place for her and for the people that use Melanated Healthcare’s app. Sewell, a women’s health nurse practitioner, frequently heard from her patients that they sought her out specifically. They wanted someone who might more intuitively understand their culture or other aspects of their lived experience.
Sewell is Black. But apart from race, she wanted to find connection within her education (she holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in nursing and women’s health) and her profession. And she wanted to be...
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