NANCY ROSADO
Community Grand Marshal
Nancy Rosado is a retired New
York Police Department
(NYPD) Sergeant with
over 35 years of combined
professional experience in mental health
care, law enforcement, community aff airs,
workforce development and training. She
earned a Masters in Social Work from
Fordham University in New York, is
certifi ed in Traumatic Stress by Florida
State University and was an active member
of the American Academy of Experts
in Traumatic Stress.
During Rosado’s 25 years with the
NYPD, she served in various capacities
ranging from patrol offi cer to undercover
narcotics detective. A survivor of the 9/11
World Trade Center attack, Rosado created
the NYPD’s mental health care response
for the Department’s on-scene fi rst
responders, and served as a liaison between
The American Red Cross Disaster Mental
Health Response program and the NYPD.
Since her retirement, Rosado has worked
as an adolescent social worker and Criminal
Justice Adjunct Professor. As a person with
a strong commitment to community service,
she has served as both vice president and
president of the Democratic Hispanic
Caucus of Orange County (Florida), as the
vice president of Mission Boricua and has
served on Orange County’s Membership
and Mission Review Board.
Subsequent to the terrorist attack on
Pulse nightclub, Rosado along with three
other Latinx women founded Proyecto
Somos Orlando.
Currently, Rosado serves on the grant
committee for the Contigo Fund, is the
vice president of SOS by Urbander and is
currently at the University Central Florida’s
Restores program as a consultant and
outreach coordinator. The program focuses
on the treatment of PTSD and anxiety
disorders for the fi rst responder community,
survivors of the shooting at Pulse and their
families as well as the victims of hurricanes
Irma and Maria.
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