Member Spotlight: Katina Little

This member spotlight was written by Ollie Turner, a college student at University of Colorado Boulder and intern with REACH Women's Network. This blog post was part of her project to conduct information interviews with REACH members.

Katina Little, REACH Member and Owner of Purposeful Pediatrics

Katina Little opened her mobile pediatric practice, Purposeful Pediatrics, in 2023 after working in the healthcare system for more than twenty years and becoming very aware of the barriers felt throughout the healthcare spectrum. She started her practice to make childhood healthcare more convenient, not just in a social and economic sense, but in time and physical availability as well. Katina brings her pediatric practice to the homes of the kids she sees, ensuring that the children are able to see their primary care practitioner in addition to reducing the strain on the healthcare system. An average work day doesn’t exist for Katina; the number of home visits she provides is often seasonal, with winter being the busiest time of year for her, as cold and flu season necessitates lots of appointments to treat sick children. 

Katina doesn’t believe that she has reached the highlight of her career yet. She says that right now, two years into running her pediatric practice, she isn’t ready to identify a highlight. She says that when you’re so focused on getting the work done, you don’t realize the true importance or impact of your work. In the future, when Katina can look back on her career as an entrepreneur, she will be able to see the extent of her impact on children and families, but for now, she is working on expanding that impact to as many people as she can. 

Finding a balance between work and daily life can be especially difficult for entrepreneurs because they can never fully separate themselves from their work. Katina felt the loss of the structure and support that a large healthcare organization provided her when she stepped away to create her practice. Her own family has stepped in to take on the role of her former colleagues by keeping her in check and giving her the support that she needs within her work.  

Katina believes that the biggest challenge that women entrepreneurs face is the concern of whether they’re doing it right. There was no blueprint for Katina to follow when she created Purposeful Pediatrics, and the question of whether she was doing everything the right way was present in the back of her mind. She had to work to accept that what she wants as an outcome might now always be what is planned for her. Pivoting is a difficult but crucial part of any entrepreneurial project, and learning to take life as it comes and to be okay with that is vital for succeeding. 

Katina joined REACH recently, learning about the organization through friends and associates who invited her to participate in a Pink Couch Session with Jack and Jill Winston-Salem chapter. She attended the 2025 conference and was amazed at the atmosphere of “I want you to win” that she found there. Katina values the support and authenticity of the women that she has met through REACH. She says that they are always willing to provide any support, direction, connections, or resources that they have. Katina adds that her fellow REACH members support her, not as a wife or a mom or a business owner, but as a woman.