. >> reporter: for cathy hughes, achieving her goal was no easy task, it took faith in god, hard work, and the ability to persevere, even after she became a young teenage mother. >> i was 16 when i got pregnant with my son. that's when i said my greatest accomplishment was i figured it out. he and i both were destined to be statistics. >> reporter: she completed college often taking her son alfred with her. she remained focused on achieving her dream of becoming the best she could be. that determined spirit paved the way for her to become the first woman vice president and general manager of howard university's popular whur radio. there she launched a program, quiet storm, which became such a sensation it was syndicated to nearly 500 stations. she then stepped up to another level, ownership. but when she entered the world of entrepreneurship, things intensified. >> 32 times i was turned down until i ran into a woman banker who said yes, and i kept making my presentation. she said don't sell past the close. i said, yes, i'm going to loan you $1 million. i couldn't believe it. i left wo

cathi stallings, welcome. our final witness is debony hughes.she is a doctor that has served as the program chief of dental health since 2007. she oversees the dental product and she also serves on the coalition board in vermont. okay. why don't we begin. first we need to focus on attention of a crisis that we do not have the resolution to the needs. that is why we are here to talk. >> hello, my name is frank catalanotto and i spent almost 40 years in dental education. i have been advocating for a better way to deliver oral health care, there are several indicators about this access problems that i would like to mention. first, dental clear utilization has declined about 10% among low income people. primarily for cost. second, we have made some good progress in improving access to care for children, but we still have approximately 60% of medicaid enrolled children who are not receiving the proven cost affected dental services. and third, hospital emergency dental problems have increased over 830,000 visits in 2009 alone. what are the effects of