Public Allies New Mexico 2007
- 2008
Building Leadership in New Mexico
Fifteen Young Adults
Ten Partner Organizations
Ten Month Intensive Training and Mentorship Program
Four Pillars of Success: Leadership Training, Community-Based Organizations, Leadership Coaching, Team Service Projects
2007 Public Allies New Mexico

Nandi Baldwin
Laguna Education FoundationThe Laguna Education Foundation actively explores the unique educational needs of native people and seeks to provide the necessary resources to support life long learning opportunities for tribal members of Laguna Pueblo.
Miriam Esparza
Enlace ComunitarioEnlace Comunitario promotes systemic change, and the empowerment and participation of the Latino immigrant community in the process of that change. Enlace Comunitario works with Latino immigrants to eliminate domestic violence and strengthen their community.
Shayna Lewis
Youthworks!!YouthWorks! is a non-profit dedicated to addressing the need for effective youth development, youth employment programs, and youth leadership in the Santa Fe area.
Cornelius Mackey
Southwest Youth ServicesSouthwest Youth Services provides positive youth development programming through educational, health & wellness and youth leadership components in partnership with American Indian communities and organizations.
Matthew Martinez
Native American Community AcademyThe Native American Community Academy (NACA) mission and goals support a school environment that promote students’ academic, social, emotional success while preparing students for college, life, leadership within their community by drawing upon strengths of language and culture.
Kenneth Montoya
Youthworks!!YouthWorks! is a non-profit dedicated to addressing the need for effective youth development, youth employment programs, and youth leadership in the Santa Fe area.
India Nixon
South Valley AcademySouth Valley Academy is a public charter high school located in the heart of Albuquerque’s South Valley. Our mission is to prepare young people to become lifelong learners in a small school setting.
Edgar Ortiz
Santa Fe Civic Housing AuthorityThe mission of the Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority is to improve the living environment in the City of Santa Fe by creating and sustaining safe, decent and affordable housing that fosters stability and increased self-sufficiency for people with low-incomes.
Elisa G. Pintor
El CentroEl Centro works with Latino immigrants and allies to advance immigrant’s rights. We envision a city, state, and a nation where immigrants can become a collective, conscious, free and powerful force dedicated to the promotion of human rights.
Jonathan Riley
Southwest Youth ServicesSouthwest Youth Services provides positive youth development programming through educational, health & wellness and youth leadership components in partnership with American Indian communities and organizations.
Donna Romero
Dragon FarmDragon Farm serves as an educational model of sustainability for the students at South Valley Academy as well as the people of the community. Dragon Farm educates students and community members on how to empower themselves by living a sustainable way of life.

2007
2008
For information on the Public Allies New Mexico project, contact Celestina Garcia at:
celestina@nmforumforyouth.org.
- 2010 Youth Practitioner Summit to Focus on Actualizing Positive Youth Development
- Native Health Initiative Convened Youth Leadership Initiative
- Public Allies New Mexico Recruiting for 2011-2012 Partners
- NM Youth Alliance Quarterly Gathering
- New Mexico Service Learning Network Event Calendar
- Forum facilitates statewide strategic planning efforts
- VISTA Volunteers Support Beautification Project on Service Day in Albuquerque
- Public Allies Graduating 2009-2010 Class
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