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Shantel Hébert-Magee1

  • 1Shantel Hébert-Magee (shantelhebert1@gmail.com) is a physician-executive and community health strategist in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose work spans Medicaid leadership, regional public health operations, and equity-centered systems innovation. She previously served as chief medical officer for Louisiana Medicaid; now directs regional operations for the Louisiana Department of Health; and cofounded GOT GOT Studios, a New Orleans-based nonprofit advancing culture, narrative power, and community healing through a justice-centered lens. The author acknowledges her brother, Christian Hébert-Pryor, for his legal perspective and permission to share their story. Author disclosures are available online in the article's supplemental material.

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