Shulamith Acevedo is the Director of Development at Kiva Centers, where she leverages her lived experience and background in health care leadership to advance trauma-informed, peer-led, and equitable systems of care. She began her career as a Peer Bridger, supporting individuals re-entering the community after psychiatric incarceration.

Shulamith was instrumental in developing and securing funding for Kiva’s “Model A” peer respite—an innovative, community-integrated alternative to hospitalization centered on self-determination, healing, and continued support beyond crisis.

In addition to her program development work, Shulamith has coordinated with Brandeis University and the Disability Policy Consortium to study and improve access to long-term support coordinators for individuals dually enrolled in MassHealth and Medicare (OneCare). She has also designed and delivered multiple trainings for the peer workforce and for clinicians seeking to learn from lived experience, including Living with Suicide, Peer Supervision, and Cultural Humility trainings.

Shulamith holds a Master’s in Healthcare Leadership from Brown University. Outside of her professional work, she is a writer, avid hiker, martial artist, and lifelong seeker of joy.