Staff Overview

Judith (Judy) Espinoza has been with the Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Center as an Epidemiologist since 2010. She came to us with a decade of public health experience and received her MPH in Epidemiology from the University of New Mexico in 2004. Both her background and interests encompass clinical microbiology and environmental epidemiology. One of her primary responsibilities is working on the Southwest Tribal Youth Project that focuses upon analyzing and reporting Native American youth risk and resiliency data for grades 6th-12th.  Ms. Espinoza also serves as the lead epidemiologist on the Acoma Pueblo Strategic Prevention Framework Tribal Incentive Grant (SPF TIG).  One of Judy’s particular specialty areas is to assist tribal communities in the design and construction of health related databases.One of her primary responsibilities is working with New Mexico and Colorado states’ biannual Youth Behavioral Surveillance System (YRBSS) data for Native American students in grades 6th through 12th. One of Judy’s particular specialty areas is to assist tribal communities with the collection, storage and analysis of community data thru databases. In her private life she is a Bernalillo County Master Composter and amateur organic gardener and enjoys volunteering at a local food pantry’s community garden.

Savannah Gene is a proud member of the Diné Nation, originally from Bee Ak’id Baa Ahodzaní (Pinon, Arizona).  Savannah is Totsóhnii (Big Water Clan), born for Hashk’áánhadzohí (Yucca Fruit Strung Out in a Line Clan). Her maternal grandfathers are Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle People Clan) and her paternal grandfathers are Tł’izíłání (Many Goats Clan).  She is a proud mother to  her son, Ethan.  Savannah is currently the Program Administrative Coordinator at the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, working with various programs including the CDC Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country and HIV Testing programs.  Previously, she assisted on the NARCH HIV/AIDS Evidence Based Intervention adaptation project.  Savannah graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Planning and Design, with an emphasis in Community Planning, and is in the process of applying for a Master’s in Public Health program.  On her free time, she enjoys spending time with her son and family, reading, and running.

Eudora Claw is Diné (Navajo) and Zuni Pueblo from Cahone Mesa, Utah. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology from the University of New Mexico in 2012, and her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2014. Ms. Claw is working towards a Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Health within the School of Community Health Sciences, UNLV. Her proposed dissertation project will use a qualitative interview method and the Social Ecological Model to investigate the question of how tribal victim service advocates in eight tribal communities that have exercised special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) under VAWA 2013, are developing approaches to their advocacy services and prevention activities to reduce domestic violence. Currently she is the Community Epidemiologist for the Tribal Epidemiology Center Public Health Infrastructure Program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at AASTEC.