Mario is a Policy Associate at the New York Academy of Medicine’s Center for Healthy Aging. He has a decade of experience in aging services and has worked in a variety of capacities, including clinical service provision, community-life development, program management, and policy analysis. He plays a role in implementation and evaluation for several initiatives, including Age-friendly Neighborhoods, digital inclusion, the ACL-funded Older Adults’ Equity Collaborative, and nursing home infection prevention and control. 

Before this role, Mario worked in New York City independent senior housing at The New Jewish Home, a nonprofit, mission-driven health care system serving older adults. He entered the aging services field as a Board-Certified Music Therapist leading individual and group music therapy programs in long-term skilled nursing facilities in The Bronx. 

He holds an MPH from the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy with a concentration in Health Policy and Management.