by Tracey Bryan | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Sun-News, November 2, 2020 COVID has changed nearly everything about our lives and made it difficult to plan for the future. But for our middle and high school students, one thing hasn’t changed – it’s absolutely critical to earn a...
by Tracey Bryan | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Bulletin, October 16, 2021 Smart, strategic workforce development lies at the epicenter of New Mexico’s economic recovery. A vast majority of the unemployed are going to have to reskill or upskill to take on new jobs in industries that...
by Tracey Bryan | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Sun-News, October 5, 2020 Six months of COVID have had a crushing impact on employment in our county. As of August, Doña Ana County’s unemployment rate was 10.9%, or 10,000 people, literally twice the unemployment rate pre-COVID....
by Tracey Bryan | Sep 18, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Bulletin, September 18, 2020 What do you do when news isn’t news anymore, but narrative? How can you know what’s true and what’s not? How can we understand the issues we face and work together on solutions, if the information we receive...
by Tracey Bryan | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Sun-News, September 7, 2020 Yes, one day, we will all emerge from our COVID shutdowns and feel free to travel about without fear and without masks. We hope that day is coming sooner rather than later. But when that day comes, remote work...
by Tracey Bryan | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Bulletin – August 21, 2020 by Tracey Bryan COVID has driven change in connectivity and community in the strangest ways. Grocery shopping and eating out has become less “mobile” physically while being more technologically “mobile”...
by Tracey Bryan | Aug 14, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Bottom Line of the Las Cruces Bulletin – August 14, 2020 by Tracey Bryan COVID-19 has pulled all of us out of our comfort zones. “Normal life” has become very far from normal, as what we love about closeness and community has been replaced by...
by Tracey Bryan | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Sun-News – August 3, 2020 by Tracey Bryan There’s never been a more critical time to focus on unleashing the economic opportunity of people by strategically equipping them with the education and training that prepares them for...
by Tracey Bryan | Jul 29, 2020 | News
LAS CRUCES, NM – There’s never been a more critical time to focus on unleashing the economic opportunity of people by strategically equipping them with the education and training that prepares them for well-paid careers here in Doña Ana County. Since 2009, The...
by Tracey Bryan | Jul 17, 2020 | Blog
As published in the Las Cruces Bulletin – July 17, 2020 by Tracey Bryan “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Across the country, we’re seeing what began as a righteous protest to an inexcusable death...
