Healthcare leader recognized for expanding access and early intervention for Atlanta families
ATLANTA, Oct. 1, 2026 – Dr. Tyreesha Hubbard, DNP, CPNP-PC, Chief Program Officer at Our House, Inc., whose leadership has helped expand access to free healthcare, early developmental evaluation and coordinated support for Atlanta children and families, has been named to Georgia Trend’s 2026 40 Under 40.
In its profile of Hubbard, Georgia Trend highlighted her work to address barriers that can prevent children and adults from receiving timely healthcare. Through her leadership at Our House Health, Hubbard has helped expand transportation assistance, language interpretation and walk-in access to care. The magazine also highlighted her advocacy for earlier identification of developmental concerns, which helped bring free autism evaluations to Our House Health. Since January 2026, Hubbard has completed at least 35 evaluations for children as young as one year old.
For children, earlier identification of autism, developmental delays and other concerns can open the door to time-sensitive interventions during critical periods of development, supporting developmental progress, school readiness and longer-term educational outcomes. That work is part of a broader effort by Hubbard and the Our House Health team to make comprehensive healthcare more accessible to people who may otherwise struggle to receive it.
For Hubbard, the commitment to expanding access began years earlier as a pediatric nurse caring for children in a hospital. After three years in hospital-based pediatric nursing, she became increasingly interested in the circumstances that brought children into the healthcare system in the first place. She began asking what could be prevented, what could be identified earlier and how conditions outside the hospital were influencing the health of the children she treated.
That curiosity eventually led Hubbard back to school to earn her doctorate and become a pediatric nurse practitioner. Her doctoral research focused on building resilience among children who had experienced adverse childhood experiences. Later work in primary care and at a free community clinic deepened her understanding of social determinants of health and the inequities that can shape health outcomes. She saw more clearly how access to healthcare, housing, transportation, childcare, employment and mental health support can directly influence whether children and families have the opportunity to thrive.
That understanding has shaped Hubbard’s leadership at Our House Health. The clinic provides free, comprehensive healthcare to people experiencing homelessness or housing instability, people with low incomes who lack insurance coverage and eligible Georgia Medicaid patients. Available services include primary and preventive care, reproductive health, chronic disease management, mental and behavioral healthcare, laboratory services, medication assistance and care coordination. Certified interpretation services and transportation assistance help remove additional barriers, while partnerships with shelters, faith communities and other organizations expand access to care and allow Our House Health to bring screenings and health outreach directly into Atlanta communities.
Children and adults can also access mental and behavioral healthcare and ongoing treatment, while care coordination helps patients connect with specialty services outside the clinic when needed, including free and low-cost cancer screenings and follow-up resources for women and men.
Our House is continuing to expand the reach and capacity of that work. Planned renovations at its Boulevard campus will add four rooms dedicated to mental health practice and screening, increasing capacity for mental and behavioral healthcare. In December 2025, Mercedes-Benz USA donated an all-electric eSprinter van to Our House to support the expansion of Our House Health. The vehicle is being outfitted as a mobile health clinic that will begin bringing free healthcare into Atlanta communities in 2027.
“Expanding access to care has been a through line in my career because I have seen how much a person’s health can be shaped by whether they can reach care, afford it and receive support early enough for it to make a difference,” Hubbard said. “This recognition is meaningful because the work has always been about understanding the whole person, removing barriers and identifying needs early enough to change what comes next. I’m incredibly proud of what our team at Our House has built, and I’m excited to continue using what I’ve learned through my own experiences and throughout my career to shape programs that strengthen Atlanta families and connect them with the care and support they need.”
Earlier this year, Hubbard’s leadership role broadened to encompass the full range of interconnected services offered by Our House. In July, she was promoted from Chief Clinical Officer to Chief Program Officer, providing strategic leadership across Our House’s family shelter and housing, Early Childhood Education, comprehensive health, employment training and family advocacy programs. Her role focuses on strengthening alignment across programs so families can access a more coordinated system of support responsive to the multiple factors that influence health, stability and opportunity.
“Tyreesha understands how social determinants of health, including housing, transportation, early learning, employment and access to care, can either create opportunity or reinforce barriers for families across generations,” said Tyese Lawyer, President and CEO of Our House. “She brings deep clinical expertise and a systems-level perspective to the barriers that can keep stability out of reach. She has translated that perspective into expanded access, earlier intervention and more connected services for families. Georgia Trend’s recognition reflects both the leader she is and the impact she continues to have at Our House and across the Atlanta community.”
Hubbard’s professional journey is also informed by her own experiences. The oldest of six children, she grew up with firsthand experience of poverty and became a first-generation college graduate. In September, she was profiled by VoyageATL, where she reflected on how those experiences, along with balancing motherhood, family and leadership, have shaped what she has learned about hardship, opportunity and human potential. Hubbard said her own experience helps her understand what it is like to want more for your life while facing circumstances that make the path there harder.
In the interview, Hubbard described the evolution of her career this way: “I started my career caring for one child at a time. Today, I have the opportunity to help shape systems that can strengthen entire families.”
Georgia Trend’s 40 Under 40 is an annual statewide recognition honoring emerging leaders for professional achievement and community impact. Now in its 30th year, the program draws hundreds of nominations from across Georgia, with honorees selected by the magazine’s editorial team.
Hubbard will be honored alongside the other members of the 2026 class at Georgia Trend’s 30th Annual 40 Under 40 Awards Ceremony on Oct. 22, 2026.
Read the full article here: Georgia Trend’s 2026 40 Under 40 honorees
About Our House
Our House is an Atlanta nonprofit helping families experiencing homelessness, housing instability and other forms of economic hardship build greater stability and opportunity. Through a comprehensive, two-generation approach, Our House provides family shelter and housing support, free Early Childhood Education, comprehensive healthcare through Our House Health, employment training, family advocacy and other services throughout Metro Atlanta. Learn more at ourhousega.org.