Asha Villafañe Hernández has been working with the Community Schools strategy since
2007, and as a bilingual community organizer since 2003. Through this transformative,
asset-based journey in the US and México, she has learned that our communities will be
whole and healed when everyone has a seat at the table. She has been honored to serve
New Mexico through local, regional and statewide administrative and support roles,
including serving as a Community Schools Coordinator and District Family Engagement
Liaison. She holds a master's degree from the University of New Mexico and a teaching
licensure in Art Education and TESOL. She is a long-time resident of Albuquerque's
International District and beautiful Sunland Park, New Mexico, and has a deep love for
the communities of our state.