Interim President: Lluvia Lawyer
Vice President: Jean Zitting
Treasurer: Patricia Olivas
Secretary: Aurora Travis
Lluvia Lawyer Aby has been a part of the Carnelian Center Board since its inception. She was born in the Verde Valley of Arizona in 1973 but has lived in northern New Mexico since 1975. Lluvia first moved to the Embudo Valley in 1985. She attended college in Albuquerque where she studied Massage at the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics (graduated 1995) and Pre-med at TVI (Degree awarded 1996). She has been a practicing Massage Therapist ever since. Lluvia homesteaded in Ojo Sarco for 22 years with her former husband Scott Aby and their 3 daughters. Together they started the Carnelian Center food bank in 2006. Lluvia has now returned to live in Dixon where she built a home. She believes in community support and cooperation, seeing health care as a right worth dedicating your life to.
Jean Zitting serves as Vice-President of the Carnelian Center Board. She has had the honor of serving on the board for over 10 years. She lives off-grid in Madrid, NM with her children and animals but considers Dixon her home away from home. She helped run the Dixon food bank for many years and holds Dixon and the people of Dixon dear to her heart. Jean works as a home health care provider, a home builder, an early childhood educator, and a gardener. She is a mother, first and foremost, of 5 beautiful children who bring immense joy to her world. The wellness of all people and our planet is a top concern, supporting the Carnelian Center is a way to further the health and wellness of the Dixon community which ripples out into the world. As part of an hispanic family, born and living her whole life in New Mexico, Jean cares very deeply for the land and people and can’t imagine living anywhere else.
Patricia Olivas of Embudo has proudly served on the Carnelian Center Board since 2024 and currently serves as Treasurer. After retiring in 2019 following a long career in county government service, she chose to dedicate her time to something that has always been important to her, which is giving back to the community she loves. Over the years, Patricia has been involved with several local organizations, including the Acequia Junta y Cienega Embudo and St. Vincent de Paul/Helping Hands for the needy. Her volunteer work reflects her deep commitment to supporting others and strengthening her community. Patricia is married to her lifelong partner and high school sweetheart, and together they have raised three children. She takes great pride in her family, her community, and the opportunity to continue serving the place she calls home.
Aurora Travis
Reece Tatum
Leah Russo, RN, BSN, HNB-BC – I have been a nurse for 20 years, specializing in cardiology. I have spent almost my entire career taking care of the human heart, from post surgical patients to emergency cardiac care to learning and managing the pathways and electrical impulses that are the foundation of the beating heart. After 15 years navigating the allopathic system, I decided to nurture my curiosity in other curative modalities by acquiring an academic certificate in cannabis nursing in addition to a board certification as a holistic nurse from the AHNCC. Born and raised outside of Boston, MA, I graduated from Northeastern University and set out to explore the country and the world. After many years of traveling, I feel so blessed (and honored) to call New Mexico home. I find peace and harness my creativity in activities such hiking/adventuring, photography, reading and beadwork. I am wholeheartedly inspired by this community and thrilled to be able to serve and give back through the Carnelian Center
Jade Weissleader