Mildred Casiano

Mildred Casiano is the Director of Behavioral Health at Union Community Health Center in the Bronx, where she developed and implemented first-time behavioral health services into a primary care setting for their satellite clinics and mobile health unit. While maintaining her administrative role, she provides therapy-utilizing evidence-based practices for children, adolescents and adults. Ms. Casiano also serves as a field instructor for undergraduate students at Lehman College.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Casiano worked diligently to ensure that the neediest patients received access to food and basic means via donations and multiple resources. Ms. Casiano successfully rolled out a telemedicine platform for behavioral health to assure all patients continue to receive the continuity of care they were accustomed to pre-pandemic. Additionally, Ms. Casiano developed a customized Training of Trainers (TOT) guide for telemedicine, and along with her team, took the initiative to educate senior patients on how to navigate the Internet and, subsequently, the telehealth app.

Ms. Casiano has been involved in various projects, focusing on health and prevention through the following institutions: Ecuadorian International Center, University of Arizona Life Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch and New York University. Ms. Casiano, along with her former colleagues, conducted research in Salvador, Brazil in collaboration with the New York University Global Health Program in measuring the impact of hospitalization trends in the Family Health Program on the three most common preventable diseases — asthma, gastroenteritis, and pneumonia — in children under five. The study was published in The Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health in 2013. Additionally, Ms. Casiano has also presented at Community Health Care Association of New York State and GMLA.

Ms. Casiano is a proud Bronxite who has been in the mental health and community health care field for over twenty-five years. She is committed to providing care to high-risk populations in the areas of health, mental health and disease prevention.

Ms. Casiano holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from SUNY Old Westbury and a Master of Social Work, as well as a Master of Global Public Health from New York University.