Team Members
Jasmine Budnella
Jasmine Budnella (she/her), Director of Drug Policy, leads VOCAL-NY’s drug policy work to end the drug war and win policies that promote harm reduction and public health. At VOCAL-NY, Jasmine has helped build coalitions and elevated our leaders to organize and to pass statewide legislation to remove barriers for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder for
Hector Barbosa
Hector Barbosa (he/him) is one of VOCAL-NY’s PDSE Peer Educators. Hector is responsible for delivering PDSE services to New York City. He conducts weekly outreach & Narcan trainings at 3 locations. Hector is responsible for making supply packages for outreach and supports the PDSE team however he can.




