Thanks To  'Insight New Mexico' Supporters

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Before moving to New Mexico, Brewer worked in Washington, D.C., as communications director for the Women’s Campaign Fund, a non-partisan PAC that works to elect pro-choice women candidates. During her six years in Washington, D.C., Brewer also worked on Capitol Hill as press secretary for pro-choice Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald and then as press secretary for Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, a leader in the fight to provide access to RU-486.

Using the experience she gained inside the Beltway, Brewer began working for pro-choice candidates and elected officials in New Mexico. Brewer most recently served as communications director for congressional candidate Attorney General Patricia Madrid. Brewer previously served as communications coordinator for Howard Dean for New Mexico in Santa Fe; communications director for Eric Griego for Mayor in Albuquerque; and media relations director for New Mexico Speaker of the House Ben Lujan.  

Brewer has also dedicated time to supporting pro-choice grassroots organizations. She served as the newsletter editor for the D.C.-based Women’s Information Network and was a clinic defender and newsletter editor for the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force. Brewer was also a volunteer with the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center and a former member of the Santa Fe Choice Action Team. 

In addition to her work promoting a woman’s right to choose, Brewer specializes in designing and implementing media strategies for candidates, elected officials and community groups. Brewer has created individualized media, message and public speaking workshops for organizations such as New Mexico’s Health Care for All. Brewer has also facilitated workshops for the Sheila Wellstone Institute and Emerge New Mexico. 

Having earned a journalism degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Brewer has a background as reporter and free-lance writer – including writing for Baltimore magazine, Business Law Today and the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Brewer is a founding board member of Emerge New Mexico, an organization that trains Democratic women to run for public office. Ms Brewer cn be reached at hbrewer@prochoicenewmexico.org  .

Prior to joining CVNM, Javier served for four years as a Policy Analyst to the Albuquerque City Council and worked on projects including smart growth, community-oriented economic development and a fair wage campaign. He loves spending time with his family and enjoys serving on the boards of various community organizations involved in struggles for social justice, including the Southwest Organizing Project, 1000 Friends of New Mexico and the Sawmill Community Land Trust. He also co-hosts a weekly radio show on KUNM 89.9FM, Espejos de Aztlan, highlighting grassroots public affairs from a Latino perspective, throughout New Mexico.

'Suz' has previous experience as a producer for Jones Intercable.  She experienced enough technology frustration to last a lifetime as Director of Strategic Technology Planning for Lincoln Networks (funded by a grant from the US Dept. of Commerce) and appeared on 'Good Morning America' with colleague, Don Fricker, as developers of the computer telephony application, Digital Professor.

Her doctorate is from the University of Chicago. Her  dissertation was in the field of information science  (although she confesses that she's not sure how that relates to broadcast radio.) She's a contributor to the New Mexico blogosphere and manages blogs for a state senator as well as her own blog.  She believes her experience as an organizer for AFT locals 3500 and 4100 in Illinois and New York State United Teachers' Local 2190 gave her the chance to see effective social action at work.