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Welcome 2021-2022 Board of Directors - Click on name for bio and email President: Shelley Mann -Lev Co-Presidents: Anna Rondon and Nai Walter Co-Secretaries: Roxanne Humphries and Sheena Tallis-Tallman Treasurer: Erica Lopez Affiliate Representative to the APHA Governing Council: Lissa Knudsen Regional Representatives: Matt Cross-Guillen and Vanessa Al-Rashida (Metro); Joann Palamino (SE); Holly Mata and Kristen Ortega (SW); Kimberly Blea (NE); Diana Lopez (NW) Health Care Representative: Anthony Fleg Communications Chair: Gabrielle Manchego-Sanchez Membership Chair: Amy Myers Policy Co-Chairs: Ellen Burgess and Stephany Strahle Resource Development Chair: Mary Grace Saenz Priority Area Representatives: Brandy Van Pelt-Ramirez (SDOH); Michael Bowers (Environmental Health and Justice); Leah Sanchez (Universal Access to Health Care) UNM Student Co-Representatives: Leah Ahkee-Baczkiewicz and Alice Gutierrez NMSU Student Representative: Halee Schomberg
How to Get Involved
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Resources
NMDOH COVID-19 WebsiteThis site provides information on public health orders, testing, and social services
| American Public Health AssociationGet Ready Health Initiative for COVID-19
| NMDOH COVID-19 Public DashboardThe data dashboard currently includes county-by-county breakdowns of positive cases by age, gender and ethnicity
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 Environmental Health and Justice
Environmental health addresses the interrelationship between human health and the environment, and strives to improve the quality of both the natural and built environment. Environmental justice is the understanding that all racial, ethnic, and income groups have the right to equal treatment and protection under environmental statutes, regulations and practices, and that those policies should be consciously designed to protect human health and reduce disparities within and among communities.
| Universal access to health careEvery person in New Mexico is entitled to quality, comprehensive health care as a human right, regardless of income, geographic location, or immigration status. 
|  Social determinants of healthWhere we live, learn, work and play can have a greater impact on how long and how well we live than medical care. Our zip code affects our health more than our genetic code. These are some of the messages that help illustrate the growing understanding that the health of individuals and populations is influenced by a complex set of inter-related social and economic determinants including: income/wealth, education, employment status, housing, food security, early childhood experiences, environment (both built and natural), and discrimination based on race/ethnicity or other personal characteristics. |
New Mexico Public Health Association is an affiliated association of the American Public Health Association (APHA). We have collaborated with APHA to grow stronger as organizations, to share expertise, influence, and resources, and to advocate for common priorities at the local, state and federal levels. |