[1] She formerly served as Deputy Mayor of New York City for Health and Human Services under Bill de Blasio from 2016 to 2019.
[2] Palacio grew up in The Bronx, daughter of a Subway clerk and bus driver who came to the United States from Cuba.
from Mount Sinai Medical School in 1987 before completing her residency at the San Francisco General Hospital and practiced clinical medicine there during the height of the HIV pandemic.
[7] She spent three years directing health leadership programs at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation before being appointed to Deputy Mayor of New York City under Bill de Blasio in 2016.
[3] Her work focused on addressing the city's homeless population and developing a citywide network for mental health support.