About Us

Literacy Volunteers of Doña Ana County was founded in 1984 as a community response to local literacy needs.

• We serve over 400 learners annually with about 100 volunteers.
• We teach reading, writing, math, personal health literacy, financial literacy, and citizenship in both one-to-one and small group settings.
• We were granted 501(c) 3 status in February, 2004.
• Our chief partner organization is the Adult Basic Education (ABE) of Doña Ana Community College (DACC), whose mission is to provide access to education in a supportive and collaborative environment that leads to student success and life-long learning. 
• We are staffed by a full-time Education Facilitator and the Literacy Services Coordinator, who is also a faculty member of the ABE Division of DACC.
• We have a twelve member volunteer Advisory Council.

What Drives Us?

• 25% of New Mexican adults lack a high school diploma or GED.

• 50% of adults in Doña Ana County read at or below Literacy Level 2

As a benchmark in practical terms, nearly two-thirds (64%) of all jobs today require literacy skills beyond level 2, while only 12% require skills at level 1 and 24% at level 2, according to a study by the Milken Institute. (from New Mexico Coalition for Literacy www.nmcl.org)