New Mexico
Accelerator
Accelerating community-led change across New Mexico, empowering families, and nurturing bright futures for every child through collaboration and innovation.
By working hand-in-hand with local communities, we aim to create lasting impact, strengthen family well-being, and build a brighter future for the next generation. In partnership with the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department, we’re reimagining what’s possible for New Mexico’s families.
Partnering with communities across New Mexico, and using data and lived experience to transform ecosystems.
We partner with communities to co-design innovative solutions that address the unique challenges faced by families. Through collaboration with local leaders, organizations, and residents, we ensure that every strategy is informed by those who know their community best. With a focus on collective action, data-driven insights, and shared decision-making, we are committed to creating sustainable, meaningful change for children and families.
![Early Childhood Education and Care Department Logo on a watercolor background.](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/3_2_480x320/public/media/images/ececd_logo.png.webp?itok=hnuNmqVj)
Our Partners
ECECD Website![Illustration of a network diagram that shows the complexity of the ecosystem](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/3_2_480x320/public/media/images/ecosystem_mapping.png.webp?itok=CTgLgnuO)
About the Accelerator
About the Accelerator![Photograph of a family standing amongst the trees silhouetted against the sunset.](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/3_2_480x320/public/media/images/family_sunset.jpg.webp?itok=T7_qjayU)
Our Approach
About our Approach
UCLA Team
![Portrait of Neal Halfon, Center Director](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/nealhalfon.jpg.webp?itok=jEPDvWW4)
![Efren Aguilar is the Director of the Pomona and New Mexico Social Impact Labs](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/efren_aguilar.jpg.webp?itok=AoUyXDPj)
![Portrait of Judith (Judy) Perrigo, Research Director.](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/judith_perrigo.jpg.webp?itok=Fm5FxvTA)
![Shirley Russ](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/lct-rn_shirley_russ_project_scientist.jpg.webp?itok=QjV-whyE)
![Portrait of Chandler Beck, MPH, Program Manager at the Center.](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/chandlerbeck_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=pob2e835)
![Portrait of Cohort Coordinator, Jenifer Ramos, BA.](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/SIL_Jenifer_Ramos_Cohort_Coodrinator.jpg.webp?itok=kHrW6KpJ)
![A headshot of graduate student researcher, Shiraz de Vreede](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/shiraz_bio.jpg.webp?itok=o19ovi89)
![Portrait of Adrian Chavez, Graduate Student Researcher](/https/healthychild.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem441/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/adrian_chavez.jpg.webp?itok=oZSo8l8i)