About
Health & Wellness Initiative
Recognizing the vital role community foundations play in advocating for change at the local level, Anchorum Health Foundation is investing $25 million over five years in five community foundations across northern New Mexico. This funding empowers each foundation to tackle local priorities – such as food security, housing, and more – and the support is designed to be flexible, responsive, and impactful.
The five community foundations are Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foundation, Los Alamos Community Foundation, New Mexico Foundation, Taos Community Foundation, and Santa Fe Community Foundation.
This $25 million commitment also includes serving all of the state’s Pueblos and Tribal Nations, along with the thirteen northern New Mexico counties served by the Community Foundations.
For San Miguel and Mora Counties, Las Vegas NM Community Foundation
The Las Vegas NM Community Foundation will be serving the people and communities of San Miguel and Mora Counties, and to do this most effectively has hired two Anchorum Fellows to head up this initiative.
The role of these Anchorum Fellows includes seeking community input and identifying priorities for our service area, engaging community partnerships and building relationships around these important issues, and cultivating a strategic application of Anchorum funds to foster long-term, sustainable and systematic change that results in measurable progress on key issues.
For San Miguel and Mora Counties, we have two Anchorum Fellows doing this valuable work. Meet them below!
Si prefiere español, comuníquese con Ariel Cordero al (505) 310-9025 o cordero@lvnmcf.org. ¡Gracias!
Arielle Hawney
Anchorum Staff
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Arielle is a passionate community advocate with a strong foundation in natural health and wellness. Following nearly seven years in health and wellness retail, and with more than a decade of experience in community organizing, she seamlessly integrates her aptitude in natural approaches to wellness, permaculture systems, and holistic prevention with her commitment to promoting health literacy, empowering individuals, and fostering thoughtful community development and resiliency.
Arielle's entrepreneurial spirit extends to include her work as a freelancing writer/marketer and farmers market vendor. She is a devoted mother who finds joy in outdoor pursuits and the simple pleasures of music and fiber arts.
Originally from the scenic Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, she has embraced Las Vegas as her chosen home since 2006, where she currently resides with her partner and young daughter.
Ariel Cordero
Anchorum Staff
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Ariel is a social worker who describes herself as fiercely loyal to her home state of New Mexico. With twenty-five years of experience in social services and healthcare, she offers valuable perspectives to the organizations she serves. She is dedicated to supporting groups and collaborations in making positive change.
Outside of work, Ariel enjoys watching comedy and trying to be funny herself. She lives near Pecos, in western San Miguel County with her husband, two children and cute little doggie.