Rose Garcia is the Executive Director of Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation, a premier affordable housing and community development organization devoted to the region of New Mexico, west Texas and southern Arizona. Since 25 years, Garcia manages housing development, direct services and has completed 6,000 affordable housing units to assist residents that earn low to moderate income of several communities.

During 1996-99 Garcia was recruited as founding Executive Director to implement the El Paso, Texas Collaborative for Community & Economic Development. The Collaborative continues a local intermediary technical assistance and funding program to assist numerous nonprofit housing Community Development Corporations that produce housing services. Garcia served in various leadership roles to advance the affordable housing and community development movement in the Southwest United States and Mexico international border. Some of the volunteer tasks Garcia served:

• Las Cruces Affordable Housing Coalition, 2000 to current
• NM Mortgage Finance Authority Housing Advisory Council, 2007 to current
• National Neighborhood Housing Services of America Community Development Financial Institution, 2006 to current
• Texas Association of Community Development Corporations, 1998-2000
• Federal Reserve Bank Board in Washington, D.C., Housing Consumer Advisory Committee, 1997-2000
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Affordable Housing Program Advisory Council, 1999-2001
• National Rural Housing Coalition, 1986 to current
• Rural LISC Advisory Committee, 1994-2000
• NeighborWorks National Rural Housing Alliance, 1994-2004
• National Neighborhood Housing Network, 2000-current
• Citizen’s Advisory Committee with U.S. Congressman Silvestre Reyes of El Paso District, 1996-1999
• Las Cruces/Dona Ana County Extraterritorial Zoning Commission, 1989-1994
• Dona Ana County Planning/Zoning Commission, 1994-1997
• She has locally served on various boards and commissions of local and international nonprofit community service organizations associated with border and farm worker issues.
• Dona Ana County/Las Cruces Vision 2040 advisory committed, 2008
• Concilio Campesino del Sudoeste, a farm worker based CDC, 1986-2004

Garcia considers fortunate to collaborate with individuals, groups and communities to resolve equity issues associated with improving the living conditions experienced by residents that earn low to moderate income through better housing, community and economic development. Garcia matches challenges and solutions through patience, tenacity and successful experience.