How An Army Combat Medic is Utilizing Technology To Create Equity in Healthcare for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color w/ Yusuf Henriques, Founder of IndyGeneUS AI

He's a man on a mission!

Welcome to the official newsletter of “The Transition,” brought to you by me, "IRON" Mike Steadman, A Marine Corps Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, and Member of The Bunker Labs Branding Team.

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Dear Bunker,

I sat down with Yusuf Henriques, former Army Combat Medic and Founder of IndyGeneUS AI, a Black-Owned & Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) genomics company that’s building a block-chain encrypted bio-repository of Indigenous and African genetic data for early disease prevention, detection and drug discovery. 

After his twin daughters, Kayla and Keyara, were diagnosed at 14- years old with a rare, incurable, eye disease, Yusuf set out to find a cure.

Frustrated watching his daughters jump from one medicine to the other, because their body didn’t react well to the various medicines due to their genetic makeup, he set out on a mission to study the human genome, find a cure for his daughters, and provide equity in healthcare for black and indegionous people across the world.

On one side, IndyGeneUS educates people of color of their genetic blueprint that reflects their past, present, and future health disparities. On the other, through artificial intelligence (AI) IndyGeneUS is driving precision healthcare, through the aggregation of more diverse data, to provide more equitable healthcare solutions. 

Yusuf is my guy and one of the hardest working people I know. We first met at a Bunker Labs event back in 2019 and have stayed in touch ever since. He represents the best and brightest of our community, using entrepreneurship to tackle a hard problem, which is affecting millions of people across the world.

On the show, he shares the origins of IndyGeneUS, how he managed to secure funding, and the importance of equity in the healthcare space. 

You can listen to the show at the link in my signature.

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