Career-Rx Volume 2 Summer/Fall 2022

Our featured trailblazer in this specialty area — Dr Ndidi Okpareke, an independent compounding pharmacy entrepreneur. Dr Okpareke is the owner of Olive Tree Compounding Pharmacy in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She holds the distinction of being the poster pharmacist behind the first African American owned compounding pharmacy of its kind in the history of the state of New Mexico. Dr Ndidi is one pharmacist who has certainly compounded pharmacy skills along the way to entrepreneurship, having worked in inpatient pediatric, critical care and retail pharmacy before transitioning to being a business owner. I have to say that Dr Okpareke to me, is not just a pharmacist. I see her also as a brand ambassador for Olive Tree’s skin care products. And it shows right there on our cover page.