Origins as a family-owned business
Growth into 19 business enterprises
Among the first girls admitted to a top gifted program in Taiwan
Choosing computer science over traditional fields despite family expectations
Grew up as a second-generation immigrant in Canada, embracing resilience and hard work.
Inspired by her grandmother’s illness to pursue medicine and maintain patient-centered care.
Kirsten’s personal journey from an MS diagnosis to women’s health advocacy
Gaps in conventional fertility care
Growing up in a low-income immigrant community in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Witnessing structural disadvantages and their impact on community health.
Observations from working in high-pressure insurance call centers
Realization that delivery style, not just messaging, determined outcomes
• Growing up in a family of doctors
• Discovering a passion for psychiatry unexpectedly
Inspired by physician parents and his father’s severe PTSD from World War II
Personal tragedy: his mother’s suicide due to secondary PTSD
Kent Dicks is a seasoned entrepreneur and digital health innovator with over 30 years of experience building scalable technology platforms in healthcare and enterprise services.
He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Life365.
