Hello! I am a lifelong Yonkers resident, graduate of Gorton HS and Nurse Practitioner for many years taking care of children/families in NYC and in Yonkers through School-based clinics and member of the Gorton HS Health Magnet Advisory Board.  Professionally and personally, I have always been interested in people living well with any chronic disease but have worked with many CBO’s in the sickle cell communities of NYC since 2016. As Program Manager of a QI SCD ECHO federal grant working in the NYC Public Hospital Centers, together we are working to improve the quality of care for people living with SCD.  Through my political advocacy I work with many other groups to support laws and funding for research and continuity of care from infancy through adult life.  Joining the WSCO as a board member, I hope to share best practices through QI SCD ECHO to Westchester health care professionals and working with WSCO to develop continuous quality of health care and community support for people living with SCD and getting to know new people in my neighborhood!