{"id":77904,"date":"2025-12-05T23:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77904\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T23:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:24:13","slug":"christus-childrens-ceo-opens-up-about-her-faith-and-work-life-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77904\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTUS Children\u2019s CEO opens up about her faith and work\/life balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Pickup_Lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Pickup_Lines\/\">Pickup Lines<\/a> segment features CHRISTUS Children\u2019s CEO Cris Daskevich. The West Texas native started her medical career in Houston and never expected to end up running a children\u2019s hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Born in Lubbock and raised in Abilene, she knew from an early age that she wanted to work in the medical field. That focus carried her all the way to Houston, where she was pursuing her Ph.D. and working directly with patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI worked for about a year and a half with stroke and brain injury patients while going to school and figured out it wasn\u2019t exactly what I wanted to do \u2014 and I wasn\u2019t sure,\u201d Daskevich said. \u201cOne day an administrator at one of the hospitals where I worked came out and he said, \u2018Have you ever thought of administration?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018In what?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Until that moment, the idea of health care administration had never been on her radar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHealth care administration had never crossed my mind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">That question helped shift her career path away from hands-on clinical work and toward leadership \u2014 a move that would eventually bring her to San Antonio and CHRISTUS Children\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In this episode, Cris also opens up about the role her faith played in the decision to move her family to San Antonio and step into a leadership role that allows her to serve children and families on an even larger scale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Watch the full Pickup Lines with Cris Daskevich in the video player above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">More recent Pickup Lines episodes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Ernie Zuniga started Pickup Lines, a digital talk show, straight from his vehicle. 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