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In honor of SFCF's environment focus in April, Santa Fe Community Foundation Hub Coordinator, Yolanda Cruz, talks to Paula Garcia, Executive Director of the New Mexico Acequia Association, about her organization's work in protecting our water and acequias, growing healthy food for our families and communities, and honoring our local heritage.

New Mexico Wildlife Center's (NMWC) mission is to connect people and wildlife for an abundant tomorrow. Our wildlife hospital admits and treats over 800 patients per year from all over New Mexico with the goal of release back into the wild. NMWC's veterinarian and certified wildlife rehabilitators work seven days a week, 365 days per year to give the highest quality medical care to the animals in the wildlife hospital.

Our March radio show Community Matters on KSFR featured Jovanna Archuleta, ECECD, the nation’s first Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Childhood Education and Care. She discussed early childhood in New Mexico with SFCF Hub Coordinator, Yolanda Cruz.

Many Mothers is a local, grassroots organization that provides in-home services and wraparound care to achieve health equity and wellbeing for babies and their caregivers in northern New Mexico.

Parents, educators, and the team at Growing Up New Mexico all know the foundations for lifelong social, emotional, and educational development are laid in a child’s early years. Whether toddlers are learning to count or to share, their colors or the concept of kindness, it all starts before a child goes to kindergarten.

Alma Rivera, Environmental Justice Campaign Manager, and Miguel Acosta, Co-Director, of Earth Care discuss the work of Santa Fe Mutual Aid.