ACCESS provides programs for kids, adults, families and communities that integrate arts, community, culture, education, sports, and science. Beneficiaries receive opportunities to develop their artistic and intellectual abilities, gain emotional and physical health, develop a greater understanding of their responsibility to their community, and connect their culture to everyday life.
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ACCESS works to improve community health by educating, informing and increasing access to resources while addressing social determinants of health. ACCESS supports individuals and families to obtain access to health care, employment, food security, legal services, heat, utilities, and other assistance.
Our Mission
We have a mission of developing transformational leaders through holistic, creative, physical, and academic opportunities for kids and their families in under-served, predominantly immigrant and Latino communities.
Our work prioritizes: thriving children, working families, and equitable communities. We work with children and young adults to ensure they have equitable, high-quality experiences, including leadership development. Our programs attract and involve parents or caregivers, encouraging engagement with education, social support, health, and income supports in a safe environment, which creates more stable families.
We are working to create a vibrant South Valley,
free from structural inequities.
ACCESS was founded by Fernando Ortega in 2013 to develop the interests and leadership skills of underserved children from Albuquerque’s South Valley by connecting them to mentors, educators and professionals.