Rosa M. Gil

Dr. Rosa M. Gil, Comunilife’s Founder, President and CEO, has had a distinguished career in New York City’s health, mental health, supportive housing, social service and higher education sectors. Since Comunilife opened in 1989, she has centered her work on the intersection between health and housing with the goal of addressing the critical social determinants of health and enhancing the health outcomes of New York City’s underserved communities.

Under Dr. Gil’s stewardship, Comunilife has developed 2,678 units of affordable and supportive housing for the City’s hardest to reach residents: the chronically homeless, mentally ill, and people living with HIV/AIDS and other health conditions. Under her leadership, Comunilife created Life is Precious, a nation ally recognized program for Latina teens who have seriously considered or/and attempted suicide and the City’s premiere Medical Respite Program which provides short-term housing for homeless and unstable housed New Yorkers who were hospitalized due to the coronavirus but required a location in which to quarantine while completing their recuperation.