Her Story
About Destiny
I have been in the health tech industry for 16 years, and I've been a Senior Operations Manager for the past 3 years. In my current position, I handle the operations between two programs - longitudinal and preventative care programs - that cover 9 states and a comprehensive collaborative team made up of clinicians, care coordinators, and behavioral health specialists. While I don't have college degrees, I have over 25 different certifications including HIPAA compliance and palliative care training. I just finished the Frontline Leadership certification this year. My most notable professional achievement was being voted 2023's ERG Latinx representative. In 2025, on behalf of City Block, I joined CEO Toyin to open up St. Barnabas with New York's Governor Kathy Hochul for an investment with St. Barnabas Health System in the Bronx for over $1 million as part of the Safety Net Transformation Program Award. I was also nominated and awarded for Health is Local dares to question the status quo in 2019 and 2020 for New York State. I am a member of Forbes and Bread, Life, and Butter. I volunteer every year at the Gay Man's shelter in New York City, host annually for the Latinx ERG at my current company, and have spoken twice at New York City's CUNY Hunter College.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Destiny
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to growing up really poor, which is the first thing. My children were also a huge factor - I was a teenage mother. And seeking out education has been critical. The reason I'm so invested in my community is because my community saved me. It was my local librarians. It was the church in the corner that fed me when I didn't have food. It was the people who gave me clothes and gave me and my children things when we were picking them out of the garbage. So it only amplified how important community resources are. Everything I've achieved comes from understanding what it means to have nothing and to be lifted up by others.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is to believe that I deserve this because I put in the work. When you put in the work, it's okay to know that you deserve the outcome. That advice has been transformative for me in recognizing my own worth and not doubting myself despite my background.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
No opportunity is just handed to you, and so do not be afraid to reach for it. You deserve it just as much as the next person. Don't wait for someone to give you permission or recognition - go after what you want because you've earned the right to be there.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest opportunity in my field is the ability to think outside of the box, to be a freethinker, while also expressing yourself culturally. One of the biggest challenges for me, as someone who was unable to seek higher education, is that I find it sometimes challenging to fight mentally - not against others, but against myself. It's the mental fight in the thought process of not being able to have that opportunity and having to choose survival instead of education. That internal struggle is something I continue to work through.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Giving back and gratitude are everything to me. I take nothing for granted. I embed these same values into my two sons. Everything we have, we pass forward. Every piece of bread we have, we break and multiply. Gratitude and passing it forward - it's really our responsibility and duty to do so. These values guide everything I do, both professionally and personally.
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