In this issue, we speak with Patricia Dominguez, USDA-RD State Director for New Mexico. A native of rural Peñasco in northern New Mexico, Dominguez brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the rural Southwest to her role.

Rural Community Assistance Corporation received multiple requests for private well assessments from Willcox, a small town in southeastern Arizona’s Cochise County. This largely rural county consists mostly of small towns and unincorporated communities.

In this issue, we speak with Patricia Dominguez, USDA-RD State Director for New Mexico. A native of rural Peñasco in northern New Mexico, Dominguez brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the rural Southwest to her role.

West Sacramento, Calif. – Robert Apodaca recently joined Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s (RCAC) Board of Directors 

Beneath the dense pine canopy of the San Bernardino National Forest, Jane, a U.S. Armed Forces veteran and college graduate, faced an adversary she never expected: homelessness. Despite adhering to society’s prescribed path to success, this single mother became part of a fast-growing yet often invisible demographic—the “mobile homeless.” Suddenly, her family’s world had shrunk to the cramped backseat of her deteriorating car.