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Colorado nurse practitioner works to increase diversity in the medical field

Written by Rocky Mountain PBS | April 07, 2022

"I have patients who tell me … 'I am so glad to see a Black woman as my provider.'"  Salwa Mourtada Bamba has been a fighter ever since she was a young girl. Growing up in what she described as the “war-torn” country of Liberia, she said it has always been a lifelong dream of hers to become a medical professional. It's a dream that she is living now out in Colorado.