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Women in care recognized with grant awards

Five award winners

The five women CEOs who won the grants from StitchCrew, left to right, Lola Omishore, Julia Taylor, Arabi Balasubramanian, Kayla Wright-Jackson and Leslie Borrel.

Allison Carpenter
Allison Carpenter Staff Writer
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Five women CEOs were recognized in Albuquerque last month for their work in care sectors.

StitchCrew, an organization that supports entrepreneurs, has a program called Future of Women at Work. The goal of the program is to invest in women-led companies to help unlock women's labor participation, career trajectories and lifetime earnings.

The organization held its national award ceremony in Albuquerque in September, recognizing CEOs working in the care sector with $10,000 grant awards.

Women leading five different companies received the recognitions:

  • Leslie Borrel, CEO of Carefully

  • Aarabi Balasubramanian, CEO and founder of EmTech Care Labs

  • Julia Taylor, CEO and founder of GeekPack

  • Dr. Lola Omishore, founder of TheraMotive

  • Kayla Wright-Jackson, CEO and cofounder of Transition

Carefully is a communications platform for parents that gives easier access to information, communities and educators.

“We’re helping parents build a childcare plan that works for their budget and needs,” Borrel said.

EmTech aims to make caring for neurological conditions like Alzheimer's easier. It provides an application that allows users to organization hospital visits and other medical needs in one place.

“Our goal is to have a platform that really helps family caregivers navigate with confidence,” said Balasurbramanian.

GeekPack is a company that partners with nonprofits to provide education on things like domain authentication and more.

“We equip women and minority-owned business owners with necessary and essential digital skills,” said Taylor.

Theramotive provides aggregate health care access with providers traveling to patients' homes for physical therapy needs.

“We live in a country where your zip code can limit how long you will live by seven to 14 years,” said Omishore.

Transition is a workplace development platform, focused on job readiness and placement for medical professionals.

“We work with educational institutions and workforce organizations to help develop talent,” said Wright-Jackson.

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