Lucy Marcil, MD, MPH
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Lucy is a pediatrician and advocate from South Carolina who works to alleviate the health impacts of poverty. She is a primary care pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston University, and Associate Director of Economic Mobility for the Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family. Internationally, Lucy has undertaken pediatric health-systems strengthening in Namibia, Kenya, and Bangladesh. She earned her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and MPH at Johns Hopkins before completing pediatrics training at Harvard University and Boston University.
Team Members
Lisia Morales
Director of Operations
Lisia Morales has been working in the non-profit industry for over 20 years. She has experience in program and project management, business development, facilitating training for adults, and teaching students. Lisia began her career as a bilingual elementary school teacher as part of Teach for America in South Phoenix, AZ. She then assumed project management roles at Engaging Schools, an educational non-profit, and later at the Zero Suicide Institute, a program focusing on suicide prevention. Lisia received a B.A. in Latin American Studies and Sociology from Wellesley College and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University.
Language abilities: English and Spanish
Barbara Alcena
Project Program Coordinator, Family Engagement Lead
Barbara was born and raised in Haiti for the first 13 years of her life. Barbara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Florida Atlantic University, and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Northeastern University. Prior to BMC, Barbara worked in Child Protection for seven years servicing the most vulnerable children in both Florida and Massachusetts. She has experience in consulting for the Children’s Bureau with local stakeholders to raise awareness for children without parental care. Her passion is to served children and families from low income and immigrant backgrounds.
Language abilities: Haitian Creole, and French
Kelsey Egan, M.D.
Research Collaborator
Kelsey is a pediatrician and researcher who works with StreetCred team as a research collaborator. Her research focuses on improving food security and nutrition equity in early childhood. Her research aims to optimize processes for connecting families to health-related social needs resources. She works clinically in the Pediatric Primary Care Clinic at Boston Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her MD at Columbia University and her pediatrics residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital). She completed a T32-funded fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics and MSc in Epidemiology from the Boston University.
Language abilities: English and Spanish
Elliot Kim
AmeriCorps VISTA Member
Elliot is serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA member and is originally from Northern Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. He received a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in English at the College of William & Mary. After he graduated, he worked as a surgical technician at a skin cancer surgical center and volunteered at a free clinic where he found his love for patient care. Seeing the contrasts in resource access and health outcomes between specialized medicine and community health clinics each week, he was determined to learn more about how these disparities in care have developed. By joining AmeriCorps, he is motivated to learn how we can make healthcare more accessible and equitable for the communities they intend to serve.
Language abilities: English
Financial Navigation Team
Thisara "TJ" Jayasinghe
Financial Navigator
Senior at Boston University
Hometown: Andover, MA
Major: Neuroscience
Estelle Qi
Financial Navigator
Senior at Boston University
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Economics
Margaret Seo
Financial Navigator
Senior at Boston University
Hometown: Austin, TX
Major: Biology
Minor: Medical Anthropology
Asritha Sure
Financial Navigator
Junior at Boston University
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Major: Medical Sciences
Minor: Economics
Funders, Supporters, and Partners
