Aurora Valdez is a community member from Taos Pueblo, Arroyo Hondo, and Talpa. She has a background in public health. She is a field rep for a US Senator representing NM. She previously worked at Taos Pueblo Health & Community Services, CHRISTUS St. Vincent Medical Center, and the Santa Fe Public Schools. She founded the CNR Snow Sports Program at Taos Pueblo, and worked to help launch 100% Taos County Initiative. She is passionate about changing systems to ensure access to vital resources and components of the community where people can live well, play, and do what they love! She is glad to be back home in Taos after living away for school, and she happily resides with her toddler and husband on his family land in Las Colonias.
Aurora Valdez