Other Opportunities for Acequia Youth

We will update this page regularly with new events, jobs, internships, scholarships and other opportunities for youth from New Mexico rural and acequia communities.

If you have opportunities that you would like us to post here – contact us at alex@lasacequias.org

CURRENT NMAA OPPORTUNITIES

OTHER JOB & LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

  • East Rio Arriba Youth Conservation Corps Crew Positions & Internships (contact: Deandre.Velasquez@nm.nacdnet.net // Marcos.Valdez@nm.nacdnet.net)
  • New Mexico wide Youth Conservation Corps’ webpage – regularly updated with available, state-wide positions for youth and young adults
  • Rocky Mountain Youth Corps’ webpage – regularly updated with available, state-wide positions for youth and young adults
  • Moving Arts Espanola Classes, Fellowships, and Jobs (contact artisticdirector@movingartsespanola.org)
  • Tewa Women United A’Gin Healthy Sexuality and Body Sovereignty program for teens in the Española Valley (contact jamie@tewawomenunited.org)
  • Northern Youth Project Summer Arts & Agriculture Internships (based in Abiquiu – contact: nyp@northernyouthproject.org)
  • Tewa Women United – Healing Oasis Garden Caretakers
  • Generation Justice – Albuquerque areaGeneration Justice is recruiting for our summer program! Do you know any youth ages 16-25 who may be interested in meeting amazing people? Learning about radio production, core issues in our society, public health, wellness practices, and more? Please share the QR code or https://bit.ly/4jLPOYg for the application.
    • The program starts Tuesday, June 8th, and runs through Friday, July 25th.
    • We will meet in Albuquerque on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and occasional Sundays.
    • This is a paid internship. Stipends are being offered.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to email admin@generationjustice.org or give us a call at 505-277-1831.

  • Forest Stewards Youth Corps’ Fall ProgramThe Forest Stewards Youth Corps’ Fall Program is now hiring Crew Members and Crew Leaders ages 18-25 with Mountainair and Espanola/Santa Fe US Forest Service Districts, and Jemez Pueblo Natural Resource Department! Crews gain natural resource management experience, CPR and First Aid certifications, wildland firefighting and chainsaw certifications, and participate in prescribed burns when possible. Spend your fall outside while gaining valuable experience, making friends, and making a difference in your community. 
    • The 13-week program runs from August 20th through November 14th
    • Crew Leads begin a week earlier on August 13th  
    • Crew Members earn $18.00 an hour. 
    • Crew Leaders earn $20.00 an hour. 
    • Includes Paid Holidays and Sick Leave.
    • Earn wildland firefighting and chainsaw certifications!

    Complete the online application and find out more at Forest Stewards Youth Corps – Fall Fire and Fuels

    Email apearson@forestguild.org or call (505) 795-2551 with any questions.

  • Root and Bloom FellowshipYoung Farmers is SO excited to share that applications are open for Year 2 of the Root and Bloom Fellowship! The Root and Bloom Fellowship is an advocacy and power-building educational opportunity for 25 farmers across the country.Organized into two major phases, Root and Bloom, fellows will dive into how many of the challenges young and BIPOC farmers face nationwide are deeply woven and rooted in federal agriculture policy. Fellows will then explore the ways those same policies and power dynamics play out in their communities and regions, blooming into new opportunities, positions of power, and local relationships, to make change at home.  This is a paid (via stipend), virtual, 9-month fellowship (September 2025 – June 2026), and applications close 3pm ET on May 14th. More information and the link to apply can be found on the website here.

    If you have any questions or comments, please send a note to fellowships@youngfarmers.org.

  • Luna CC Wildfire TrainingThe Wildfire Resiliency Training Center at Luna CC is offering some wildfire fighting classes in May. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Friday afternoon, May 16: RT-130 Wildland RefresherMay 17-18: S-211 Portable Pump Operations 

    May 31-June1/June 7-8: S-212 Chainsaw Operations in Wildfire

    At least 10 students are needed in order to make the classes. Those interested in taking the classes will need to enroll through Luna’s system (WRTC can help with that).

    For information or assistance, contact Hank Blackwell at hblackwell@luna.edu.

 

  • Love Your Watershed Day – Santa FeCan you believe it? Love Your Watershed Day is just over a week away! You and yours are invited to join us Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at De Vargas Park for live music by Lone Piñon and Repurposed Vibe, Queen Bee Music Association’s instrument petting zoo, a free bike valet from Bike Santa Fe, and a river cleanup led by the Trash Pandas and Santa Fe Rotary Club.  This week, we’re excited to announce even more tabling partners and their delightful activities, including:  
    • Bird Bingo and a kids nature scavenger hunt with the Santa Fe Conservation Trust
    • Backyard bass fishing with the New Mexico Wildlife Federation
    • Gaia GPS, AllTrails, and other hiking app tutorials with the Sierra Club, Northern Group
    • Watershed stewardship-tailored exercises with Undisputed Fitness coaches to help you warm up, lift, and stay injury-free
    • A river rock’s journey with the Santa Fe River Commission. Plus, a guide to native and invasive plants
    • Walking Water with Santa Fe Rotary Club
    • A coloring activity to learn Tewa names of local land and waterways with O’ga P’ogeh Land Tax
    • Leaf rubbing with New Mexico Wild
    • And more educational activities with the City of Santa Fe Water Conservation, Forest Stewards Guild, and Trees, Water & People. Check our Love Your Watershed Day webpage for the latest details!

    Events calendar for Love Your Watershed with ALL events: https://santafewatershed.org/events/

  • Wetland Restoration Workshop – Dixon Please join Ecotone for the upcoming Wetland Restoration Workshop: Community and Youth Day. Saturday May 17, 2025 from 9am-2pm in Dixon. Join us for a hands-on restoration workshop where we will learn about creating and maintaining structures. RSVP here or email adrienne.rosenberg@ecotonelandscapeplanning.com

  • Talking Talons and Explora – New Mexico Youth Climate Summit

 

  • Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center – 2 week summer Youth Internship 

 

  • New Mexico Tech Career Fair – Career Fair

New Mexico Tech is the region’s premier science and engineering school where hands-on research is readily available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Recruiters who participate in our fairs routinely comment on the high caliber of Tech students as well as the quality of these events.

 

  • Community Geography Survey – online

As part of UNM’s Center for Community Geography, I am collaborating with researchers from the University of Vermont to do an iteration of their American Roots Migration survey in New Mexico. The survey asks about why people stay, leave, or return to New Mexico, especially in rural areas. 

The survey will be open from Saturday, May 3 through Friday, May 23 and should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. Please take the survey if you have time and share widely, especially if you are from and/or know people from more rural parts of the state. We are looking for people from a diverse range of backgrounds, ages, demographics, locations, etc. and would love your help distributing it to people (especially to people outside UNM). You can share it through email, text, posters, social media — really any way that you’d like. If anyone has contacts at local newspapers or something, let me know!

Link to website and survey: https://www.americanrootsmigration.com/

Link to survey directly: https://qualtrics.uvm.edu/jfe/form/SV_1Tx1sOoYxhMeE0C

Reach out to Eva Gemrich at gemriche@unm.edu if you have questions

 

  • Project Feed the Hood – Weeding Warriors weekly volunteering – Albuquerque

Most active on their Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/projectfeedthehood/?hl=en

 

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

GENERAL 

FOR HISPANIC/LATINO/CHICANO STUDENTS

FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN FARMING STUDIES OR FROM FARM FAMILIES

FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STEM/SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT STUDIES