Rosa is a Lead Substance Use Navigator and Clinical Research Coordinator for the CAMP team with a focus on the Hospital to Housing partnership with Project HOME. She has worked in harm reduction and homeless services in Philadelphia since 2016 primarily in the Kensington neighborhood. Rosa’s past roles have included case management at a low-barrier emergency shelter, being part of a non-fidelity ACT team for chronically homeless Philadelphians with Opioid Use Disorder, and serving as an HIV Medical Case Manager at a Federally Qualified Health Center. She is dedicated to building connections between systems of care to support the health, dignity, and resilience of people who use drugs and experience homelessness.

When not at work, she spends her time baking for her friends, reading memoirs, and spoiling her cat.