PROGRESSIVE FAMU STAR QUARTERBACK AND PHARMACIST RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN FL-5

Dr. Albert D. Chester considers all of District 5 “home.” He is a pharmacist, educator and small business owner whose life experiences ignited within him a burning desire to bring better health to our communities – physical health, economic health, environmental health, health holistically. He has seen the heartbreak caused by a broken system that works for special interests at the expense of people’s lives. He is District 5’s native son with the voice, vision, vigor and vitality to advocate our interests in Congress and deliver real results.

Dr. Albert D. Chester (who prefers to be called “Albert”) has roots in Jacksonville that run deep, as far back as the late 1800s with the enterprising Joseph H. Blodgett, architect of historic homes in the Sugar Hill neighborhood, some of which still stand along Myrtle Avenue. Yet, as the proud son of Albert and Karen Chester – him being FAMU’s National Championship quarterback, and her, Miss FAMU – Tallahassee is a permanent fixture of Albert’s upbringing. Albert grew up with a sense of community and remembers being surrounded by so many positive role models – many being famous athletes contemporary to his father – Bob Hayes, Al Denson,
Curtis Miranda and Derrick Gaffney, to name a few. An athlete himself, Albert was ranked one of the top football players in the state and nation as quarterback at Episcopal High School. He continued to lead as the starting QB at Florida A&M University, where he graduated with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2009.

Dr. Chester began his professional career right away working as a pharmacist for a large corporate chain for several years. Noticing a need for deeper education around health in the community, Chester focused on the most underserved residents and channeled his expertise into entrepreneurship serving the New Town neighborhood. In 2017, he opened The Capstone Institute at the corner of Myrtle and Moncrief Roads. The school provides career training for pharmacy technicians and in-demand jobs that pay upwards of $18 an hour after as little as four months of training. But then, inspired to do even more, Albert figured to himself, “Why not be able to train them and hire them too?” He opened New Town Pharmacy in 2018 next door to The Capstone Institute.