Terra Firma Staff

Brett Stark, Esq.
Executive Director & Co-founder
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Sara Wagner, MA
Senior Program Manager
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Mariana Alvarez
Program Associate
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Felin Martinez
Program Specialist
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Grace Padilla Matthew, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
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Pauline Levy Frydman, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
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Alan Shapiro, MD
Senior Medical Director
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Annie Giangrande
Development Manager
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Minal Giri, MD, FAAP
Network Advisor
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Marilyn Valencia
Patient Navigator
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Merced Vega Avendano, MS, RDN, CDN
Community Nutritionist
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Vanessa Iaffa, LMSW
Social Worker
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Alan Shapiro, MD
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
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Jenny LaMotte
Senior Program Manager
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Camille Sammeth
Program Manager
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Wendy Quinones, BSN, MSN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Lina Barbenes Santiago, LSMW
Trauma Therapist and Organizer
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Fadhylla Saballos
Director of Nutrition and Outreach at Montefiore’s Bronx Health Collective
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