Meet the Mission: Trinity Health Fellow, Keisha Owens, RN, MHA, Exemplifies Safety

At Loyola Medicine and Trinity Health, our colleagues bring our Mission to life every day—serving others with compassion, dignity, and purpose. Trinity Health is proud to spotlight Keisha Owens, RN, MHA, a Mission driven fellow whose journey reflects our Core Value of Safety and an unwavering commitment to the Common Good.

As a registered nurse, Keisha witnessed firsthand how inequities and disparities shape patient experiences and outcomes. At the bedside, she could help one patient at a time. But she realized that to truly reduce harm and advance equity, she needed to influence the systems that shape care for many. That realization led her to pursue a master’s degree and join Trinity Health as an administrative fellow in Health Equity and Human Impact.

Keisha chose Trinity Health’s fellowship with intention. Among the few programs in the nation with an equity specialization, it was a place where she knew her voice, her purpose, and her lived experience would matter. “This is where I belonged,” she says. And from the moment she arrived, she felt supported—even in a political climate where equity work can be misunderstood or undervalued. Her leaders reassured her: This work is essential. This work will continue. Your voice is needed.

Today, Keisha works at the intersection of two deeply connected efforts: TogetherSafe (Safety) and TogetherStrong (Health Equity & Human Impact). Her primary project—integrating equity into safety—is, as she describes it, the perfect marriage of her clinical background and her passion for reducing disparities. She is helping Trinity Health embed an equity lens into safety events, a practice not yet widely adopted across healthcare systems. Recently, her work contributed to adding three equity-focused questions across the system-wide root cause analysis process. It’s early work, but transformative—and she is energized by the challenge.

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