Finding a Place

Gaby Vasquez is an amazing woman. Raising a family on her own she has gone back to school this year. While pursuing her GED Gaby has been interning with New Mexico Workforce Connection. At New Mexico Workforce Connection Gaby has found a network of support that has been essential to pursuing her goals. "Larry (Campos) asks me everyday, almost every hour if I have finished my GED testing. He keeps on me," she smiles. Gaby enjoys helping the people that come to NM Workforce Connection because she makes a difference in their lives. Gaby is able to greet people in Spanish or English and help them navigate the resources available to them for employment assistance. Her supervisors say that clients ask specifically for Gaby and are disappointed if she isn't available that day. Gaby is following her dream and can't wait to get there! Go Gaby!

Being a Tech at Santa Fe Community College

Anthony AJ Maez began interning August 3rd with the Technology Support Department in the Office of Information Technology. These gentlemen (part of the team is pictured above with AJ who is on the left with Finespirit Routt and Mason Kovacs) in two weeks time implemented eight new computer labs, Refreshed 20 established labs and along the way added some AV equipment, electrical systems, new software and a lot of desks and chairs into the mix. Asked what he thought AJ thought it was "Alright" to be working with this dynamic group. Not sure what internship would top this one for physical activity! Kills that stereotype that computer guys are always sitting down staring at monitors. Best of luck to AJ who is planning to start school soon and study 3-D animation.

What does an intern do at the New Mexico Film Office?

Dianna Ruth Jones is pictured here with her internship supervisors Tobi Ives and Rochelle Bussey from the New Mexico Film Office. Ruth has a smile that beams! Her two weeks at the NMFO included filing, database management, working with publisher and learning some more about PowerPoint. She did put those MS Excel skills to work, but knows she is not a desk person by any means. Ruth says, "Don't let distractions blind you!" Ruth's ready for the next adventure and reports she "experienced great friendship and feedback" during her time with PROTEC and is looking for new opportunities to help people in our community. We know she will!

Interning at SERS - Jobs for Progress at NM Workforce Connection

Andrea loves to help people and she found a great match working with SERS - Jobs for Progress which is located at NM Workforce Connection in downtown Santa Fe. Andrea's previous skills in social work took on a new role helping people navigate the job market and services available for those unemployed in Santa Fe County. Andrea knows what that is like. She's been there, done that.

"PROTEC s a great opportunity to learn. It is very intense, especially Excel." Andrea was able to apply her new skills in database management, but found her true love is communicating with people, helping present opportunities to her community and using her technical skills to help get the job done. Some words of wisdom from Andrea that we can all live by; "Don't be hard on yourself and just keep trying your hardest." 

Internship with NM Department of Health Children's Medical Services

Merelyn Kaye Martin started her internship on August 3rd under the supervision of Susan Chacon, M.S.W., L.I.S.W., State Program Manager for Children's Medical Services. Over the course of her 80 internship hours Kaye participated in multiple HIPA trainings and began work on a large project dealing with medical coding from International Classification of Diseases ICD9 to ICD10. The dedicated folks at NMDOH Children's Medical Services have been wonderful hosts for Kaye and they have been happy to have her help on this project. From her experiences over the past four weeks Kaye has a renewed interest in Health Information Technology and plans to pursue education that will add to her new experience in MS Excel gained from the PROTEC training. We love that smile Kaye!

Schedule for GMetrix/MOS exams

We are in the process of getting MOS/MTA tests set up in the SFCC Testing Center for those of you who need to test/re-test. The schedule is as follows:

Friday, August 14             9:00 -1:00

Tuesday, August 18         3:00 – 7:00

Wednesday, August 19 1:00 – 5:00

Friday, August 21             9:00 – 1:00

Friday, August 28             9 :00 – 1:00

Please call the Testing Center at 505-428-1625 to schedule a test time. Also, don't forget your photo id.

Santa Fe County Public Safety Recruitment Day on Saturday, August 1

Santa Fe County Public Safety Recruitment Day on Saturday, August 1