Jasmin Echevarria

Jasmin Echevarria was born and raised in New York City She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Services and Master in Public Administration which she obtained from the Metropolitan College of New York.

Ms. Echevarria has over 18 years of experience in direct Humans Services. She worked as a COBRA case manager where she provided intensive case management for HIV+ clients and their family’s/support systems through individual or group counseling and advocated endlessly for clients to obtain the full range of needed services.

Ms. Echevarria provided consultation services as a Senior Clinical Case Manager and worked as part of an interdisciplinary team where she assisted individuals and their children in developing and maintaining viable living, working and social services in the community by obtaining needed medical, mental health, educational, financial, and vocational services. She began conducting group counseling for Chemically Addicted Mentally Ill /Mentally Ill Chemically Addicted patients.

She joined the Praxis family in 2006 as the Site Director at the Lincoln Hotel where she restructured and re-implemented the first Vocational Educational program at Praxis. Within her first 8 months she turned the Lincoln Hotel environment around and was the first Site Director in the agency to receive a .000 deficiency rating from the HASA inspectors. During her tenure at Praxis she received favorable inspections and audit reviews while running the St. Nicholas and Riverside. She continues to provide the HIV Homeless population with an array of social and care coordinated services.