Deb Haaland: “I ask today that you uphold Secretary Haaland's important decision to protect a small part of our homelands.”

I’m a single mom. I’ve lived paycheck to paycheck. I survived off of SNAP and WIC. I’m over 35 years sober. I started school later in life and paid my own way. These are the same struggles so many New Mexicans face today.

I think we should always think about whose land we’re on.

I am grateful that Leonard can now go home to his family.

Her roots stretch across New Mexico, from growing up in Southern New Mexico to raising her family in Northern New Mexico, giving her a deep understanding of the people, communities, and diversity that define our state.