Ms. American EleganceWoman 2011 - 12 Kimberly Grooms |
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| Kimberly Grooms earned her Bachelor Degree in Management and Business from National Louis University in 1999 and completed her Masters in Health Law from Loyola University in 2011. Kimberly currently works for one of the largest healthcare system in Chicago, Illinois, where she works as a Public Health Educator. As a native of Chicago, Illinois, Kimberly has organized numerous events such as, Go Red for Heart Health, Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer Awareness walk-a-thons and Back to Sleep Campaign’s. She also serves on the boards of SMART Moms, Alpha Leadership Academy, and Englewood Healthy Start Consortium. Her main initiative is to bring awareness to women and men about Postpartum Depression; creating new laws that focus on educating parents and supporting family members in indentifying signs and symptoms of Postpartum Depression. Kimberly is the owner of National Hearing and Vision, school- based child screening program, whose goal is to ensure that all school age students receive hearing and vision screenings mandated by Illinois law. The long term goals for National Hearing and Vision is to expand eventually include Optometrist and Vision Therapy services. |
