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Check presentation was held Sept. 19 at Sprouts Farmers Market at 225 E. 17th Street in Costa Mesa as part of a national event COSTA MESA, CA (Sept. 21, 2026) — On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation presented a donation of $5,000 to Project Independence(PI) at the Sprouts Farmers Market located at 225 E. 17th Street in Costa Mesa. CEO Robert Watson and Board Chair Dan Pittman received the $5,000 grant on behalf of the Costa Mesa-based nonprofit organization that for nearly five decades has been a lifeline for one of the county’s most challenged populations, adults ...

Daria Yang, MD, MPH, CPHQ is a physician and senior leader in quality and public health who has dedicated her career to advancing the quality of care for patients in a number of medium to large healthcare systems across the country. She is the president, chief executive, and brand strategy partner at Safion Advisory, a healthcare and business consulting firm. She is also a faculty fellow in health systems science at Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University in Nashville and an adjunct professor at Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina ...