Cynthia Alardo
Cynthia Alardo (she/her/ella) joined Columbia Health in January 2025. As a Survivor Advocate certified through the New York State Department of Health, Cynthia provides confidential and comprehensive survivor-focused services, resources, and trauma-informed care to survivors of gender- and power-based violence. She provides objective, empathetic, knowledgeable, culturally competent, and trauma-informed interventions that assists a survivor, co-survivor, or bystander in securing the necessary information, services, referrals, and follow-up care that may be required based on the individual’s experience.
Prior to joining Columbia Health, Cynthia was a Mental Health Counselor for the Center for Justice Innovation, where she worked with justice-involved individuals and gender- and power-based violence survivors.
Fun fact about Cynthia: she has two cats named Daisy and Gatsby, based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.