The New Mexico Department of Health is recruiting 30 people to serve on a Youth-Adult Partnership committee, a new initiative intended to elevate youth voices in shaping public health programs.

The initiative will culminate in early 2026 with a Youth Empowerment Action Summit to implement public health practices that reflect the needs and experiences of young people in New Mexico.

Tessa Medina-Lucero, the adolescent health coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Health, called the Youth-Adult Partnership a "paradigm shift."

"By valuing youth and adults as equal contributors, [the partnership] redefines collaboration across generations to create community-driven solutions in health, leadership and civic engagement," Medina-Lucero said in a statement.

Youth committee members will re

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