A 2nd year Mt. Sinai medical student who interned with Libertas during the summer of 2017 presented the findings of our Social/Legal service utilization study at the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) Annual Research Symposium in March 2018, in Washington, DC.
Dr. Fernando Gives Closing Remarks at Mt. Sinai Gold Humanism Honor Society
Dr. Fernando gave closing remarks at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Gold Humanism Honor Society student induction in February.
Libertas Staff Join 'De Novo' Post Show Discussion Panels
Medical Director, Dr. Dinali Fernando, and Program Director, Matthew Kennis, participated in post show discussion panels following performances of Houses on the Moon Theater Company’s play called De Novo. De Novo tells the true story of Edgar Chocoy, a teenage boy from Guatemala who faced deportation after fleeing to the U.S. in order to escape the MS-13 gang.
Refugees in New York Profiled in Village Voice
Read how refugees build new lives in NYC and programs like Libertas help: Click here.