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The Test She Almost Skipped: How State-Offered Cancer Screening Made the Difference
What started as a last-minute decision became a life-changing moment. Thanks to a workplace screening offered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services Be Well initiative, Lisa Huppert of the Illinois Department of Transportation detected her skin cancer early
From Stethoscope to Fetal Echocardiogram: A Personal Story of Evolving Heart Care
February is Heart Health Awareness Month. Read below as Valerie Badillo, Assistant Deputy Director of the Illinois Office of Communication and Information, shares her personal heart health journey from open heart surgery as a child to having an echocardiogram when expecting her own child.
Following her Heart, Finding her Purpose: Jisung Shin’s Path to Illinois Public Service
Jisung Shin — Deputy Director for the Bureau of Strategic Transformation for the Illinois Department of Central Management Services — shares her story during Immigrant Heritage Month