Music and performing are a significant part of Sunland resident Traci Green’s life. As a five-year Kaiser Permanente ovarian cancer survivor, she said that besides the help of medical staff and medication, music also helped throughout her health journey.
“I’m very thankful to be part of the Kaiser network during such an incredibly tough time in my life and also it taught me the importance of self advocacy and self care,” she said.
Green is one of many other patients, physicians and staff who are part of Kaiser Permanente’s 2024 Rose Parade float – titled “Symphony of You.” The goal of the float is to represent the many ways that health care providers work harmoniously to care for each member.
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Kaiser Permanente returned for its 18th Rose Parade featuring Kaiser members and the caregivers who have helped them.
The float celebrates life’s milestones and how – like the notes of a song – Kaiser Permanente supports its members and the communities it serves, officials said.
It aligns with the 2024 Rose Parade theme, “Celebrating a World of Music: The Universal Language,” by bringing people together through music.
“Music brings people together and there’s nothing like a community being together singing,” Green said. The theme resonated with her as she found comfort in music and despite her illness continued to sing, play her instruments and work with her band, “The Dickens Country Swing Show,” and is currently an elementary school music teacher.
Green started performing at a young age and has spent her whole life as a performer. She has been part of Los Angeles’ popular folk music band “The Hollow Trees,” for the past 18 years. During the Rose Parade, she will stand alongside her physician Dr. Arsine Henry, whose care and support she is grateful for.
Henry, a physician in charge at the Kaiser Permanente Glendale Medical Offices, is also excited to share New Year’s Day with Green…
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