Summer Youth Empowerment Internships in Northern New Mexico

June 1 to August 1, 2019, (76) youth were placed in internships and employment opportunities across Rio Arriba County, the City of Espanola and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. 

Summer Youth Empowerment Project+
internships, service learning, and leadership training

Partners included: 
Northern New Mexico College
Española Public Schools
HSD/DEA 360 
National Park Service
Tewa Women United
 Moving Arts Española 
Workforce Connections 
Project RACE 
Wild Life Center 
Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project 

Los Luceros Historic Ranch
​Healthy Kids-Department of Health and Human Services
 Las Cumbres Family Service, 
Rio Arriba Community Health Council
 HELP New Mexico  
Work Force Connections/SER Jobs for Progress 
Guadalupe Credit Union
Moving Arts Española
Help NM

Rio Arriba County (HELP NM): 
Eight (8) Youth Interns; 
2 Boys and 6 Girls; Ages 16-18.

Moving Arts Española (MAE): 
Thirteen (13) Youth Interns Mentors; 
5 Boys and 8 Girls; Ages 13-24.

Project RACE (City of Española): 
Twenty-Five (25) Youth Interns; 
12 Boys and 13 Girls; Ages 15-18.

Work Force Connections/SER Jobs for Progress: 
Fifteen (15) Youth Interns; 
8 Boys and 7 Girls; Ages 15-18.
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Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project: 
Fifteen (15) Youth Interns; 
9 Boys and 6 Girls; Ages 16-17.


Total Youth Interns Engaged:  
76 Youth
36 Boys and 40 Girls
Ages 13-24