Our founders
Amy Marzulla
Co-Founder, Clinical Lead
Amy is a licensed and suicide prevention specialist with expertise in trauma-informed care, risk management, and systems-level intervention. She’s deeply rooted in community care and consent-based governance & practice, bringing over a decade of experience supporting youth, families, and frontline providers.
Andrea Ayotte
Co-Founder, Business Lead
Andrea has deep expertise in grants management, education, and systems-building. She oversees multimillion-dollar programs that support children, families, and the workforce. Driven by a personal commitment to suicide prevention after losing a loved one, she brings strategic insight and lived experience to Ruta Care’s mission.
Ally Hwang
Co-Founder, Design Lead
Ally is an award-winning product designer with 13 years of experience spanning enterprise software, insurance, blockchain, and education. Her work centers accessibility, emotional resonance, and plain language, shaped by a deep commitment to community impact and intuitive user experiences.
At Ruta Care, we’re reimagining safety planning to be both clinically sound and deeply human. We believe that life-saving strategies should be easy to access, easy to understand, and built for real moments of need.
Our work is:
Powered by modern technology, but always rooted in empathy
Guided by suicide-specific best practices, not generic solutions
Designed for people, while challenging systems to do better
Healing happens when the right tools meet the right support, at the right time.
That’s what we’re building.