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ABOUT NMPHA

The New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA), founded in 1917, is a private, non-profit membership association of individuals and organization committed to a vision of New Mexico as a place where the resources, socioeconomic conditions, and environment exist in which all people can be healthy. Click Here to learn more. 


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Upcoming events

  • NMPHA Fridays: Hole in the Heart

    • Friday, October 30, 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83613689658?pwd=VFTJWM65aGxl6PPytUgtYDaNCEdeSi.1
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    Join us for our NMPHA Fridays session:

    Hole in the Heart

    Friday, October 30th at noon
    via Zoom

    Hole in the Heart is a nonprofit with the mission to raise awareness about the various types of holes in the heart and other congenital heart defects, and how they impact the lives of children, adolescents, and young adults.

    Presenters:

    Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, Founder - President & CHD Parent Advocate

    Over 16 years in Marketing, Sales, Public Relations and Advocacy. Her determination to help prevent other New Mexico families from experiencing childhood chronic illness had led her to create Hole in the Heart. She holds a BBA in Marketing Management from The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico.

    Tamara Shannon, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE
    Healthcare Education Advisor

    With over two decades of pediatric and maternal-child health experience, she currently serves as the Director of the Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of New Mexico College of Nursing, where she has been a faculty member since 2015. She teaches across advance practice nursing programs, focusing on pediatric care and evidence-informed practice. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a subspecialty in nursing education from the University of South Alabama a Master of Science in Nursing focus in pediatric health from Wright State University, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Oregon Institute of Technology. She is sharing her expertise in developing a curriculum to support CHD education and training for healthcare providers.





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New Mexico Public Health Association is an affiliated association of the American Public Health Association (APHA). We have collaborated with APHA to grow stronger as organizations, to share expertise, influence, and resources, and to advocate for common priorities at the local, state and federal levels. 

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3705 Ellison Road NW
Suite B1-211
Albuquerque, NM 87114

E-mail: nmpha.mail@gmail.com


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