WeInspire: How a leader’s childhood health care experience now improves our population health

Andrés Gonzalez, vice president and chief belonging and community engagement officer, Froedtert ThedaCare, shares how his personal experiences led him into the role he serves today.

As a child, Andrés served as the interpreter for his mother while navigating the complexities of the United States health care system. Those challenges, and the barriers they revealed, sparked his life-long commitment to health equity. Today, he has dedicated his career to ensuring no one faces the same obstacles.

At Froedtert ThedaCare, we are reimagining how we approach belonging. It’s not about checking boxes. It’s about transforming so every patient can live their healthiest life. When we remove barriers, we create possibilities, and that is the power we have as a health system.