Letitia Dzirasa
Letitia Dzirasa
Letitia Dzirasa is an American pediatrician and public health official currently serving as Baltimore City's Deputy Mayor of Equity, Health, and Human Services. She returned to this role in July 2025 after previously serving from May 2023 to June 2024. Prior to becoming deputy mayor, Dzirasa was commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from 2019 to 2023, where she was the first African
"You know, everyone has different reasons for why they believe in something, so I try to be relatively tolerant. But in terms of going down the rabbit hole of social media on that topic, I kind of let my comms team manage that. I really try not to engage with those folks."
"As I’ve grown in my career, I’ve begun to understand just how blessed I was to be afforded the opportunity to attend college and pursue my dreams."
"As I was fortunate, it is my responsibility to reach back and help others, especially those most under-resourced."
