Our Team

Founder of ESO. Twenty-six years in public safety and twenty-five as a professional educator; senior EMS faculty at CNM and American Heart Association Program Faculty. He built ESO to bring high-quality clinical training to the agencies and communities that need it most.

Registered nurse. Directs Ranchito Galería — artist relations, consignment, and the gallery floor — and leads program development for the Ranchito de la Redención retreat.

Oversees ESO's finances and day-to-day operations. Co-administers the Galería's systems and point of sale.

Plans and runs the Galería's events — openings, art crawls, workshops, festival booths — and carries ESO's presence into the Bernalillo community. If something is happening at 848 S Camino del Pueblo, Aaron is behind it.

Directs ESO's American Heart Association training program and teaches its CPR, BLS, and first-aid courses in Bernalillo and in the community.

Certified Peer Support Worker and Community Health Worker Specialist III, certified in YogaFit for Warriors with a specialization in PTSD, and a member of the New Mexico Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement's Peer Summit Committee. Heather leads ESO's yoga sessions: a slow, trauma-informed flow that gives the nervous system room to settle, built for first responders and anyone carrying the weight of service.

Placitas painter and one of the Galería's consigned artists. Leads ESO's paint-pour and paint-night workshops — no experience needed.

Santa Fe-born painter, published poet, and healthcare educator. Leads ESO's painting workshops and writers' workshops at the Galería, and is one of its consigned artists.