Karina Ngaiza

Strategic healthcare communications, patient engagement, and advocacy leader with 10+ years of experience developing patient-centered programs, multichannel engagement strategies, educational campaigns, and stakeholder partnerships across healthcare, rare disease, health equity, nonprofit, and digital health organizations. Proven ability to translate complex healthcare topics into meaningful experiences that drive awareness, engagement, behavior change, and community connection. Key Achievements -Grew the Sickle Cell Disease Coalition from 20 to 80+ member organizations, helping strengthen national advocacy and education efforts. -Led the launch of EczemaWise, achieving 1,500+ downloads in under three months—200% of goal. -Developed patient and caregiver engagement strategies at Cityblock Health that increased member outreach effectiveness, including initiatives that improved consent rates by 35%. -Created healthcare education, storytelling, and engagement programs across rare disease, women's health, Medicaid, chronic disease, and community health spaces. -Partnered with advocacy organizations, clinicians, researchers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact programs that improve access, education, and patient experience. Currently Seeking Director- or Senior Manager-level remote opportunities in Patient Advocacy, Patient Engagement, Community Outreach, Health Equity, Strategic Communications, Healthcare Education, or Marketing Communications. Particularly interested in mission-driven healthcare, biotech, rare disease, nonprofit, digital health, and patient-focused organizations