Quest Diagnostics' Employees Celebrate Black History Month: Desyra's Watch List
In celebration of Black History Month, Desyra is binge watching Finding Our Roots on PBS.
“A fundamental piece of our human identity is our familial history. Through DNA analyses and genealogical exploration, the show reveals the rich and complex familial stories of each guest’s ancestral history. For African Americans, slavery robbed most of this connection to past generations making our family histories invisible and unavailable. I never tire of the magical moment in the show when African American guests are introduced to their ancestors for the first time. The unfolding of the once obscured stories of unknown family to reveal stories of remarkable sacrifice, perseverance, tragedy, triumph and courage is both a lesson in history and humanity. The show personalizes, humanizes and illuminates African American history in a striking way, while providing a gift of connection to the hidden stories of each guest’s roots.” – Desyra Highsmith Holcomb, Leader Inclusion & Diversity, Quest Diagnostics.
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Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our nearly 50,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives.
