Access to healthcare is a right not a privilege, and places like Manos Juntas at 1145 West I-240 Service Road are giving Oklahoman’s access to that right.

The founding director of an Oklahoma City medical clinic who sparked Jackson Higginbottom’s passion for public health died suddenly on December 23, 2022, and the clinic was in danger of closing for lack of funds. In an instant, Higginbottom, MPH ’20 (Social and Behavioral Sciences), was thrust into the position of running the clinic and trying to save it – all while working full-time in New Haven, Connecticut.