Luna Strong Mission

The mission of Luna Strong is to increase student success, engagement, retention, and completion by promoting the 8 Dimensions of Wellness (emotional, physical, occupational, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, and financial). 

What We Do

 Luna Strong identifies areas of need

and connects students, staff, and faculty to services and support to address those needs.

Important Contact Information

EMERGENCY: 911

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988

LCC Campus security: 505-429-1159

LCC Main office: 505-454-2500 

Student Success Specialist- Renee Maestas LSW: 505-454-5355

LCC Referral Form: Click here to refer a student to Renee Maestas LSW - Student Services

NMHU After hours crisis line: 505-795-3605

El Centro Family Health Highlands Student Health Center: 505-454-3218

Contact individual team members

Feeding Rough Rider Success Food Program:  Crystal Western Ford, cwesternford@luna.edu

Description of student services in partnership with NMHU

• Access to HU CARES health education and wellness programming

• Access to NMHU’s student health clinic for non-emergency medical care and behavioral health care

• Equipment checkout from the NMHU Outdoor Recreation Center

• Access to NMHU events and programming (including but not limited to Arts@HU concerts)

• Access to NMHU recreational facilities including the Archuleta Fitness Center and Swimming Pool

8 Dimensions of Wellness

·       Emotional

·       Spiritual

·       Physical

·       Social

·       Financial

·       Occupational

·       Intellectual

·       Environmental

History

Luna Strong was established in September 2022 through funds from the New Mexico Higher Education Department (NM HED). The NM HED mental and behavioral health initiative funded the Building Rough Rider Resilience grant in June 2022. The Feeding Rough Rider Success grant is part of New Mexico’s Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s College Food Security initiative.