As Maine diversifies, so does state's health care workforce

As Maine diversifies, so does state's health care workforce

Maine’s health care workforce still remains overwhelmingly White, with 90 percent of the workers surveyed in 2024 identifying as “White Alone.”

As Maine diversifies, so does its health care workforce

As an infant, Amanda Karomba's family fled the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and immigrated to Maine. Now, three decades later, her Happy Haven organization is an example of the growing racial and ethnic diversity of Maine’s health care workforce. Photo by Garrick Hoffman.Amanda Karomba’s family fled the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and immigrated to Maine when she was an infant. Three decades later, Karomba operates nearly 30 group homes in the Lewiston-A…