New Mexico Stories

Teaching

Steal This: Letters to the Local Newspaper

by Theresa Mooney

August 26, 2019

Teach For America New Mexico Letters to the Editor

Native Community

Congrats on Finishing College. What’s Next?

by Faviola Leyva

June 4, 2019

A young woman walks through her college campus.

Life as a Corps Member

One Last Look

by Joel Serin-Christ

June 4, 2019

An illustration of a euphonium, a book titled "Pluto the Planet", a pile of sunflower seeds, and a box of fidget spinners

Alum Story

How and When to Get Heard by Legislators

by Susan Brenna

February 27, 2019

An illustration of a man and a woman with red watercolor splashed behind

Alum Story

Love Story: Summer (Institute) Lovin’, Happened So Fast

by Paula Ann Solis

February 27, 2019

Two married women smiling and looking off into the distance.

Native Community

Reinventing Camp Culture: When Kids, Community, and Sovereignty Come First

by Paula Ann Solis

October 15, 2018

Education & Issues

In a Navajo Nation Town, Student Coders Step Up

by Tim Kennedy

February 28, 2017

Native Community

Rural Roots: New Mexico & Arizona

by Tim Kennedy

January 21, 2016

A woman with shoulder length black hair, wearing a gray shirt, black pants, white and red boots, and a large green necklace, sitting in a hitched trailer, with a background of an outdoor construction site.

Native Community

Why are Native Students Being Left Behind?

by Susan Brenna

December 11, 2014

A line of middle-school students standing in a classroom, with one boy with short brown hair and a gray shirt smiling.

Alumni

Elaine Dang

Summer Associate

McKinsey & Company

New Mexico, '09

Shaped by experiencing inequity as a student and corps member in TFA, and through her work at startups in Kenya, Elaine is now focused on strategic and innovation consulting so she can help companies be more equitable and sustainable.

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