Poli is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker and community engagement practitioner. Poli brings over 20 years of experience developing and overseeing partnerships and coalitions with non-profit agencies, educational, health, and civic institutions in the St. Louis region. Her professional experience includes serving as a Behavioral Health Consultant, Pediatric and Adult Medical Social Worker, and HIV Linkage to Care Coordinator. Additionally, Poli has served as a Center Manager at the Center for Community Health Partnership and Research at Washington University’s Institute for Public Health. While serving as the Initiative Lead for the Gun Violence Initiative at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University, Poli coordinated the launch of the St. Louis Area Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program (Life Outside of Violence) and the St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission (VPC). Poli was born and raised in Puerto Rico and currently resides in the Franz Park Neighborhood.
