Lisa Patch, a director of health services for Alamogordo Public Schools, and Rayven Ward, a 13-year-old advocate from Rio Communities, are Con Alma Health Foundation’s health heroes this year for their actionable efforts to bring transformational change to their...
Tina Cordova Meet Tina Cordova, co-founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, and this year’s Hero of Health for her advocacy on behalf of New Mexicans exposed to nuclear testing. She inspires us, for her unwavering commitment to fight for compensation and...
Con Alma Health Foundation’s assets go beyond the dollars with which it makes grants; the Foundation serves as a convener and as a catalyst for positive, systemic change. To advance health equity—beyond grantmaking—we engage stakeholders in public policy issues,...
We are proud to announce Melissa McCue, executive director of Mandy’s Farm in Albuquerque, as this year’s Hero of Health. Mandy’s Farm serves 170 individuals with developmental disabilities each month. In honor of Con Alma’s 20th anniversary this year, we are...
2020 Hero of Health Recipient: Leroy “Buster” Silva, Pueblo of Laguna, community coordinator at Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3) in Santa Ana Pueblo Simone Duran, program coordinator at NB3, nominated Silva for being “a passionate leader who loves to help communities...
Thank you for sharing your voice at the Community Conversations and Town Hall Series about building and sustaining healthy communities for body, mind, and spirit! The Health: Body, Mind, and Spirit Town Hall report was released in October. You can find the report and...