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On this episode of Women RISE with Councilmember Jane Poston, meet Dr. Karen Tepper, President and CEO of Terros Health; a company that provides primary care, substance and mental health support to patients valley wide. Also meet Eboniè Fields, a poet, writer, and children’s book author of an award winning magical hummingbird series where she teaches the value of love, family and friendship. In this series, Councilmember Poston hopes to help women create the relationships they need to succeed by introducing trailblazing women who have real-world experience and advice to share.
A
Welcome
to
women
rise,
I'm,
council,
member
Jane
Poston
and
on
this
show
I
hope
to
connect
the
business
world
and
women
who
are
making
a
difference
and
are
trailblazing
in
our
community
and
I
am
so
excited
to
introduce
you
to
our
guests
today
and
on
this
show.
One
other
thing
that
I'd
like
to
accomplish
is
helping
younger
new
professionals,
learn
how
to
connect
with
those
women
who
have
already
had
those
Business
and
Professional
successes
in
their
career
so
to
get
started.
Today
we
are
going
to
talk
to
a
good
friend
of
mine,
Dr,
Karen
Tepper.
A
B
So
Terrace
Health
is
a
Healthcare
company.
We've
been
in
the
valley
for
since
1969,
so
serving
people
for
over
50
years.
We
started
in
in
the
behavioral
health
space.
Actually,
a
group
of
teenagers
came
together
and
discovered
friends
and
family
members
were
struggling
with
substance.
Use,
got
a
van
and
started
driving
around
town,
so.
C
B
Like
to
say
at
Terrace,
Health
we're
sort
of
hippies
at
heart,
but
since
1969
we
have
grown
into
an
85
million
dollar
company
with
over
800
employees
serving
over
45
000
people
every
year,
who
have
either
physical
health
or
behavioral
health
challenges
or
just
preventative
care.
So
we
now
do
Primary,
Care
Services
in
nine
locations,
Plus
mobile
Health
units
across
the
valley
so
and
we're
Statewide,
so
we're
doing
services
in
in
Mojave
County
in
Pima
County
and
in
Sierra
Vista,
all
across
the
State
of
Arizona.
Now
you.
B
Here
in
Chandler,
as
well,
eventually
here
in
Chandler
as
well,
so
we're
super
excited
about
the
partnership
with
boys
and
girls
club.
We
started
in
August
and
our
goal
is
that
we
will
have
a
terrorist
Health
employee
embedded
within
every
Boys
and
Girls
Club
within
three
years,
so
we're
doing
we're
starting
in
10
clubs
this
year,
we're
actually
in
10
clubs
right
now,
we'll
we'll
hit
20
next
year
and
30
the
year
after.
But
it's
a
a
partnership
between
Terrace
Health
and
the
boys
and
girls
club
that
is
funded
by
a
combination
of
funders.
B
So
we
have
Foundation
Partners
like
Piper
and
Halle,
and
the
Parsons
Foundation,
who
are
supporting
this
as
well
as
the
Department
of
Education,
who
really
was,
was
instrumental
in
getting
this
program
started
by
having
Terrace
Health
employees
in
those
clubs.
It's
allowing
us
to
both
work
with
the
staff,
so
educating
the
staff
around
mental
health.
A
Well,
I
feel
like
we're
so
much
more
cognizant
of
the
issues
around
mental
health,
especially
surrounding
Our
Youth,
and
it's
great
and
I
cannot
wait
to
welcome
you
to
Chandler
for
Tara's
Health.
But
let's
talk
about
you
a
little
bit
yeah.
You
have
only
been
president
and
CEO
for
about
10
months
and
as
far
as
I
can
tell
I
am
seeing
you
in
every
magazine
possible,
so
AZ,
big
media
I,
know
Phoenix
Business
Journal.
It's
tell.
B
Us
a
little
bit
about
your
leadership
a
wild
year.
It
has
really
been
a
wild
year
so,
as
the
president
and
CEO
of
Terrace,
Health
I
have
the
privilege
of
of
leading
our
our
employees
over
800
of
them
right
now
and
we
have
just
been
unbelievably
blessed
with
Incredible
success
this
year.
So
yes,
I
was
named
one
of
the
Arizona's
most
influential
women
by
AZ,
big
media,
which
was
an
incredible
honor,
but
the
bigger
honor
was
that
tarot's
Health
was
recognized
as
one
of
the
most
admired
companies.
B
A
B
Is
so
I
see
my
role
as
a
leader
is
to
really
identify
the
the
unique
strengths
and
abilities
of
the
people
around
me
and
then
put
them
in
the
position
to
do
really
amazing
work,
and
so
fortunately,
I
have
a
wonderful
team,
and
so
it's
easy
to
do
that.
But
that
is
really
the
the
style
that
I
encourage
I.
B
Think
empowerment
is
one
of
our
core
values
at
tarot's
health,
and
it's
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
we've
done
best
over
the
last
year
is
really
Empower
our
employees
to
make
great
decisions,
empower
people
to
to
feel
like
they're
a
part
of
the
solution
and
they're
creating
way
better
Solutions
than
I
could
ever
so.
It's
it's
beautiful
to
watch
and
and
really
has
resulted
in
great
things,
great
care
and
great
impact
in
the
community.
That's
fantastic.
B
What
am
I
doing
here
and
I
I
just
had
a
a
boss
and
a
mentor
who
was
supportive
and
said:
I
want
you
to
be
able
to
sit
at
the
table.
I
want
you
to
be
able
to
learn
and
I
want
you
to
get
to
learn
how
to
hold
your
own
with
with
folks
that
have
been
doing
this
since
before
you
were
born,
and
so
absolutely
terrifying
and
absolutely
just
an
amazing
experience,
because
you
learn
things
just
by
absorbing
the
the
energy
in
the
room
and
from
the
people
around
it.
B
So
that's
one
of
the
things
I
try
to
do
with
with
the
folks
that
I
Mentor
with
the
folks
that
I
coach
with
the
folks
that
that
I
get
to
work
with
every
day
is
how
can
we
provide
development
opportunities
that
are
a
little
bit
of
a
stretch
so
putting
them
in
positions
that
are
a
little
bit
outside
of
their
comfort
zone,
things
that
they
maybe
don't
have
experience
in,
but
you
see
the
potential
and
then
watch
them.
Blossom
I.
A
I
love
that
you
say
that,
because
I
have
been
around
those
tables
myself,
where
I
looked
around
and
went,
how
did
I
get
here?
This
is
fantastic,
but
I
think
that's
a
lot.
That's
probably
pretty
common
for
people
entering
the
workforce
or
young
women.
We
kind
of
give
that
little
self-doubt,
so
I
love
that
you
said
that
what
would
your
expectations
of
someone
you
were
mentoring?
What
would
your
expectations
be
to
them?
How
to
get
a
mentor?
What
what?
What
should
they
bring
to
someone
as
well.
B
So
much
of
it
is
chemistry,
it
is
about
relationships,
as
you
said,
you
find
someone
that
that
you
connect
with
and
that
you
resonate
with
and
that
you
feel
comfortable,
sharing
with
and
being
vulnerable
and
being
open,
and
that
could
be
somebody
in
your
field.
It
could
be
someone
that
you,
you
know
run
into
in
other
parts
of
your
life,
but
there's
always
things
you
can
learn
and
you
can
grow
and,
and
you
build
that
relationship
and
then
connect
with
folks
and
I.
B
B
Was
actually
a
woman
who
worked
at
the
at
Arizona,
State
University
and
asked
me
to
come
and
lecture
in
a
class
that
she
was
teaching
and
I
did
a
guest
lecture
and
she
introduced
me
the
class
as
her
mentor
and
I
looked
around.
Who
is
she
talking
about?
And
but
we
had
built
a
relationship
and
she
and
I
had
a
bi-directional
sort
of
mutual
Reliance
on
one
another
learning
from
one
another,
helping
one
another
supporting
one
another
in
our
careers
and.
A
B
A
B
Tell
you
I
can
tell
you
when,
when
I
got
the
notified
by
Phoenix
Business
Journal,
that
I
was
one
of
the
most
admired
leaders
of
2023.
That
is
the
thought
that
went
through
my
head
right,
like
really
me,
so
it
still
happens.
But
yes,
I
I,
tell
women
all
the
time,
push
through
that
and
and
embrace
it,
because
that's
your
power
and.
A
B
B
If
you
look
at
my
resume,
it
looks
like
I
had
no
idea
what
I
wanted
to
be
when
I
grew
up
and
that's
probably
because
I
didn't,
but
my
journey
has
been
really
powerful
because
I've
had
the
ability
in
all
kinds
of
different
contexts
to
do
work
that
was
mission
driven
work.
So
I've
worked
at
a
university
I've
worked
in
government
I've
worked
in
the
for-profit
sector.
I've
worked
in
non-profit
all
doing
work
that
was
designed
around.
How
do
we
impact
communities?
How
do
we
make
people's
lives
better?
B
How
do
we
create
healthier
happier,
families,
and
so
that's
been?
What's
Driven
me,
that's
been
the
sort
of
thread
of
Contin.
That's
been
continuous
throughout
everything.
I've
done
so
I
started
off
at
the
University
of
Arizona.
I
had
received
a
PhD
there
in
in
human
development
and
family
studies
and
then
worked
there
for
almost
a
decade
really
supporting
families
and
communities
across
the
United
States
moved
into
for-profit,
where
I
was
doing
mainly.
B
B
Why
and
helping
folks
to
to
connect
to
the
work
we
sold
that
company
and
then
I
moved
to
Terrace
Health
I
was
the
chief
administrative
officer
when
I
was
hired,
moved
into
the
clo
role
and
then
about
10
months
ago
became
the
president
and
CEO.
So
it's
it's
been
a
journey.
It's
been
a
whirlwind,
but
it's
been
incredibly
powerful
and
fulfilling
to
really
be
able
to
make
a
difference
in
people's
lives.
Well,.
B
But
on
the
flip
side,
it
has
given
me
the
experience
of
being
a
patient
in
the
system,
navigating
a
chronic
health
condition
and
that
perspective
is
invaluable
when
you
are
leading
a
Healthcare
company.
So
every
single
new
employee
hears
her
story.
Every
single
new
employee
hears
about
the
impact
that
they
get
to
make
on
people's
lives
and
the
importance
of
thinking
about
those
individuals
and
thinking
about
the
individual
needs
of
of
the
people
in
front
of
them
every
day
when
they
come
to
work.
A
B
Are
and-
and
you
know
yesterday,
when
I
met
with
our
new
group,
but
what
I
shared
with
them,
which
which
I
haven't
shared
before
is
I,
had
thought
we
just
needed
to
make
some
tweaks
to
health
care.
We
needed
to
do
it
just
a
little
bit
better
than
other
folks
and
what
I
have
learned
now.
Is
that
really
we
need
to
transform
the
way
we
deliver
care?
B
A
A
B
I
know
you
are
too
I
absolutely
am
and
I
think
so.
I
think
for
me,
it's
not
about
one
failure.
It's
really
about
multiple
failures.
Every
single
day,
there's
big
ones,
there's
little
ones,
but
what's
important
is
the
recovery.
I
will
say
if
you're
not
failing,
you're,
probably
not
trying
enough
stuff.
A
B
So
I
don't
get
hung
up
on
the
failures
anymore.
What
I
think
about
is,
what's
the
takeaway,
what
can
I
learn
from
this
and
then
how
quickly
can
I
move
on
to
the
next
thing,
and
so,
in
my
younger
days
those
failures
I
mean
I
can
tell
you
in
graphic
detail
about
the
failures
from
the
early
days
of
my
career,
but.
C
C
A
May
not
be
the
CEO
of
a
major
company,
you
may
just
be
in
charge
of
a
staff
or
you
may
be
a
solopreneur
you
you
may
just
be
you
know
serving
on
a
committee
in
your
community.
Lead
from
where
you
stand.
Is
what
I
like
to
say.
What
would
you
tell
people
who
are
interested
in
a
leadership
role
or
even
not
because
I
want
you
to
be
interested
in
a
leadership
role
if
you're
a
women
in
our
community
absolutely.
B
And
and
what
I
tell
our
folks
is
everybody's,
a
leader
no
matter
so
it's
the
same
concept
right
and
you
can
have
a
leadership
impact
from
any
place
within
any
organizational
chart.
It's
about
looking
at
what
is
your
ability
to
make
things
better?
How
can
you
sort
of
take
ownership
of
whatever
it
is
that
you're
doing
and
and
push
and
innovate
and
be
creative
and
bold
and
brave,
and
assertive
and
communicate?
A
B
A
B
A
A
A
So
I'm
with
ebony
Fields,
an
author
right
here
in
Chandler
who
has
brought
her
books,
you
all
are
in
for
a
treat
because
you
have
some
amazing
books.
You
are
not
only
making
a
difference
in
this
country
you're,
making
a
difference
internationally
as
well.
So
I
want
to
talk
about
the
amazing
books
that
you
have.
A
C
A
C
And
so
I,
don't
have
it
with
me
today,
but
I
do
have
Zoe,
which
is
also
an
award-winning
book.
It's
won
a
silver
recipient
award
from
the
mom's
Choice
Award,
five
star
review
from
reader's
favorite,
and
an
honorable
mention
from
the
Royal
dragonfly
book
awards.
So
Zoe
in
the
magical
hummingbirds
is
about
a
little
girl
who
has
it
all
beautiful
family,
but
she
has
a
new
baby
sister
and
once
a
new
baby
sister
is
born,
she
becomes
extremely
jealous
and
decides
to
run
away
from
home
as
she's
running
away
from
home.
C
C
My
series
The
consistent
characters
are
my
hummingbirds,
my
magical
hummingbirds.
They
are
considered
to
be
God's
birds
in
my
stories
and
they
are
there
to
help
children
along
the
way
that
are
dealing
with
family
issues,
challenges
in
their
life
they're,
not
even
understanding
the
blessings
they
have,
and
these
magical
hummingbirds
take
my
characters
on
magical,
incredible
Adventures,
where
they
learn
the
value
of
love,
family
and
friendship,
and
how
home
is
where
the
heart
is.
That's.
A
Amazing
and
I
know
you
could
talk
about
your
books
all
day,
but
I
want
to
talk
about
you
a
little
bit
so
I
think
becoming
an
author
writing
a
book
is
a
huge,
huge
deal.
It's
a
big
obstacle.
Tell
me
how
you
did
that.
What
really
inspired
you
you
to
jump
out
and
have
the
courage
to
do
something
like
this.
That's
a
great
question.
C
B
C
As
I
was
walking
around
I
noticed
a
lack
of
diversity
in
the
collection
and
I
went
home
to
my
husband
and
I
shared
with
him.
My
observation
and
he
said
babe
you
enjoy
writing
and
coming
up
with
creative
stories.
Why
don't
you
write
a
children's
book?
You
go
do
something
about
that.
Exactly
so,
I
did
and
I
wrote
zeny
and
the
Magical
hummingbirds,
which
was
my
first
book
when
I
that
I
actually
wrote
in
2013.
B
C
A
C
Glad
you
brought
that
up,
because
I
can
tell
you
my
experience
as
growing
up
as
a
young
black
woman.
You
do
come
across
certain
challenges
where
you
don't
see,
characters
or
folks
in
the
movies
and
in
animated
series
that
reflect
you
and
it's
not
about
just
seeing
your
color
but
also
being
inspired
as
well.
So
they're,
Heroes,
they're,
Heroes,
exactly
and
so.
C
C
Little
about
that,
so
the
Legacy
I
want
to
leave
behind
is
for
I
was
motivated
by
my
children.
I
have
a
four-year-old
little
girl
and
a
six-year-old
little
boy
who
actually
they
both
come
to
me
to
all
my
Barnes
Noble
events,
that's
great,
and
so
what
I
want
to
leave
behind
similar
to
The
Bernstein
Bears
is
something
that
all
children
of
all
Races
in
all
colors
around
the
world
can
enjoy
a
magical
Adventure
that
they
can
see
is
inspired
and
created
in
birth.
From
a
strong
black
woman.
C
You
know
that
has
overcome
challenges
and
did
not
let
obstacles
come
in
the
way
of
allowing
her
to
achieve
her
dreams,
and
so
my
kids
see
that
they
see
that
I
came
up,
came
up
with
an
idea
and
executed
it
to
where
they're,
seeing
mommy's
books
in
Barnes
and
Noble
they're,
seeing
mommy
on
TV
shows
and
interviews,
and
newspapers
and
magazines,
and
so
I
am
leaving
a
legacy
for
my
kids
that
you
can
accomplish
anything.
You
put
your
mind
to
and.
A
C
Great
about
it,
so
I
I
will
tell
anybody
when
I'm
writing.
My
work
comes
from
what
I
feel
a
channel
for
my
higher
being
from
God,
because
again,
these
books
are
having
the
magical,
hummingbirds,
they're,
God's,
birds
and
so
I
feel
that
inspiration
through
my
relationship
with
my
heavenly
father
to
keep
on
writing
and
to
say
you
can
do
this
and
just
be
creative
and
have
fun.
A
C
So
I
would
say
my
biggest
mentors
in
my
life
are
my
grandmothers
on
both
sides,
my
father's
side
and
my
mother's
side,
Patricia
bezoon
on
my
mother's
side
and
Louise
Torrance.
On
my
father's
side,
both
of
my
mother
grandmothers
have
been
very
loving,
inspirational
to
me
to
continue
to
be
strong
to
self-love,
because
self-love
helps
with
your
confidence.
In
anything,
you
do
not
only
you're
in
your
appearance
and
your
impression
to
those
you
meet,
but
your
confidence
and
the
skills
that
that
God
has
given
you
to
produce
wonderful
projects.
A
C
Yes,
he
definitely
has
been
wonderful
in
mode
innovating
me
to
keep
on
writing
to
never
give
up.
I.
Remember
one
Christmas
I
had
already
written
zeny
in
the
magical,
hummingbirds
and
I
kind
of
had
a
writer's
block
for
the
second
series.
The
second
book
and
I
knew
I
wanted
to
write
a
second
book,
because
I
came
across
a
little
fan
that
had
a
actually
out
of
AutoZone.
That
asked
me
when
am
I
going
to
write
another
book.
Oh.
A
C
B
A
A
That
is
awesome.
That
is
awesome.
What
would
be
your
advice
to
any
anyone
out
there
that
wants
to
become
an
author?
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
challenges
to
doing
something
like
this,
but
now
you're
being
distributed
worldwide.
You
said
what
you
go
and
check
you
know
about
once
a
week
and
you're
finding
new,
bookstores
or
picking
you
up.
So
you
know
it's
sort
of
like
that.
Overnight.
Success
takes
years
to
create
right.
C
Nothing
happens
overnight,
but
the
most
successful
people
are
the
ones
that
don't
give
up
that
are
not
deterred
from
their
dreams
or
let
anybody
deter
them
from
from
their
dreams
and
I
would
say
to
authors
that
are
coming
up
that
want
to
write
a
book
just.
Do
it
just
go
ahead
and
start
writing
start
typing
get
that
pen
on.
A
B
C
B
C
A
C
A
C
A
C
A
A
A
C
A
Sounds
like
you
have
surrounded
yourself
with
awesome
people
and
yeah
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
and
doing
this.
I
have
been
so
excited
about
this,
because
I
knew
you
would
be
inspirational,
and
you
absolutely
were.
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
I
can't
wait
to
see
the
next
series
or
the
next
book.
I
know
you're
selling
out
so
ebony.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here.
A
B
A
B
Right,
oh,
yes,
but
for
me
it
really
is
to
take
more
risk.
There
were.
There
were
a
lot
of
things
that
I
didn't
do
as
a
younger
person
that
that
I
was
afraid.
I
was
afraid
of
failure,
I
was
afraid
of
of
not
being
successful,
I
was
afraid
of
looking
foolish
and
so
I
wish.
I
had
taken
more
risks
and
I.
Try
really
hard
now
to
not
be
afraid
of
risk.