2020
HELEN
ARTEAGA LANDAVERDE
NEW YORK CITY HEALTH
HOSPITALS/ELMHURST
Helen Arteaga Landaverde has been with Urban Health Plan, a system of community health
centers, for 15 years, most recently serving as Assistant Vice President of the Queens
Network and Executive Initiatives since 2015. Prior to her work with Urban Health Plan,
Arteaga held various positions at Northwell Health System in Queens.��
Arteaga grew up understanding the role that healthcare has on a community. She dreamed
of establishing a community health center that would provide quality healthcare to local
residents. Following the death of her community activist father, she set out to build that
health center in her beloved Corona. Working with Our Lady of Sorrows Church and other
community leaders, she sought out Paloma Hernandez, the President and CEO of Urban
Health Plan, Inc., to make her dream a reality. Together, they opened Plaza del Sol Family
Health Center in June, 2009.�� Last year, Plaza Del Sol provided care to more than 29,000
patients regardless of their ability to pay.�� The health center was dedicated in her father’s
memory in 2014.
Arteaga has a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Master of Public Health from
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She also completed a fellowship with
the National Hispanic Leadership Institute and Harvard Kennedy School of Government in
September 2010. Currently, she is completing her doctoral degree at CUNY-School of Public
Health. In March 2016, she was appointed to the NYC Health + Hospitals Board of Directors
and to the NYU Alumni Board of Directors.�� She was one of 31 women selected by the New
York City Commission on Women’s Issues to be featured in “NYC Women: Make it Here,
Make it Happen,” a series highlighting women who made a difference in their communities.��
She also received the Community Impact Award, Humanitarian Award and City of New York
American Dreamer Award.
HEALTHCARE HEROES/ELMHURST HOSPITAL