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Board of Directors
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Agapito “Tito” Márquez
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Dickie Apodaca
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Clara I. Martinez
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Humberto Ramírez
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Dr. Martha Loustaunau (Photo Credit: NMSU Foundation)
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Cynthia Parmelee
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Dr. Ignosencia Campos
Administrative Staff
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Dr. Diana A. Bustamante
Executive Director
Dr. Bustamante has been with the organization for almost 27 years. She has administrative and financial oversight responsibilities of the organization’s two social enterprises. She retired as the Doña Ana County Probate Judge in December 2022.
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Erika Contreras
Assistant Director of CDC and
Director of the ISIF Program
Erika has over 16 years of experience with legal immigration work has been with the CDC for 20 years. She directs the Integrated Services for Immigrant Families (ISIF) program. She has a degree in Accounting from NMSU. As with the Executive Director, she also has administrative and financial oversight responsibilities for the organization.
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Director,
Chaparral Family Development Center
Chaparral Family Development Center
ISIF Core Staff
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Erika Contreras
CDC Assistant Director And ISIF Coordinator
Erika has over 16 years of experience with legal immigration work has been with the CDC for 20 years. She directs the Integrated Services for Immigrant Families (ISIF) program. She has a degree in Accounting from NMSU. As with the Executive Director, she also has administrative and financial oversight responsibilities for the organization.
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Lorraine Contreras
Case Worker
Lorraine has been with the ISIF program since 2015. She as acquired extensive experience in the legal immigration services office. She is a senior case worker, partially accredited legal representative. She was originally accredited in 2018.
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Zenia López
Case Worker
Zenia has been with the ISIF program since 2017. She is a senior case worker. She has acquired extensive experience in the legal immigration services office. She is under review for her accreditation with the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
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Ana Cecilia Nieto
Archivist and Clerk
Ana has been with the organization since 2015. She is the primary person in charge of clients’ files. She is the primary archivist for immigration.
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Juana García
Accounts Payable
Juana has been with the CDC since June of 2023. She works in the accounting department handles all incoming invoices and assures timely payments to our vendors. She assists with general office management procedures.
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Lourdes Ramos
Administrative Clerk and Case Worker Assistant
Lourdes has been with the CDC since 2020. She works as a clerk assistant to the legal representatives, she is digitizing CDC’s internal documents, and assists with the Promotoras de Apoyo Familiar program.
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Sujey Escobedo
Receptionist
Sujey has been with our office since 2019, first as a caseworker assistant and now as a receptionist. She is usually the first point of contact in the office, addressing the over 4,500 walk-in clients we receive every year.
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Britanny Contreras
Case Worker
Brittany started as a volunteer tutor and class assistant for the Citizenship Preparation Classes in 2017 and now works as a case worker. She is a case worker with Consular processes and participates in Consular Mobiles in West Texas as well as the southern New Mexican region.
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Hennessey Contreras
Case Worker
Hennessey started as a volunteer tutor and class assistant for the Citizenship Preparation Classes in 2017 and is now a case worker. She is a case worker in the cases for the naturalization process as well as participating in the Consular Mobiles throughout the southern New Mexico region and West Texas.
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Estefanía Viscarra
Case Worker
Estefanía started as a receptionist in 2022 and is now case worker with Consular processes.
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Johanna Cervantes
Case Worker Assistant
Johanna has been with the CDC since July of 2023. She works as a case worker Assistant providing support for consular processes and other consular-related matters for our clients.
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Griselda Guerrero
Case Worker Assistant and Citizenship Class Assistant
Griselda has been with the ISIF programs since 2022. She is a receptionist assistant, assistant case worker, and also a Teacher Assistant for the Citizenship Preparation class.
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Maria Luna
Promotora de Apoyo Familiar/Community Outreach Worker
María Luna has been with the organization since August of 2022. She is a Promotora de Apoyo familiar based in the Vado area assisting with outreach activities.
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Dora Chairez
Promotora de Apoyo Familiar/Community Outreach Worker
Dora has been with the organization since August of 2022. She is a Promotora de Apoyo familiar based in the Hatch area assisting with outreach activities.
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Xavier Dominguez
Website Manager
Xavier has been with the CDC since 2021. He first began as a tutor with the CDC. Now, he manages the CDC website along with social media. Xavier has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications, he also works for the NMSU Marketing and Communications department as a News Media Intern.
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Jesús Leos
Lead Teacher for Citizenship Ship Classes
Jesús has been with CDC for over 8 years. He was originally a student in a citizenship preparation class, a teacher of the same, and is now the Lead or Master Teacher for all the citizenship classes. Jesus has a Masters Degree in Bilingual Education and also works for the Deming School District.
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Arturo Bustillos
Citizenship Class Teacher
Arturo has been with the CDC since 2023 as a citizenship preparation teacher. He is a middle school teacher in the Hatch Valley Schools, a position he has had for 15 years.
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