Joined NMCDHH in October 2015 
susana.santillan@state.nm.us

Susana Santillan is a Community Advocacy Specialist in our Las Cruces office. Susana has a long history serving individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind. Before coming to NMCDHH, she was the Deafness Resource Specialist for Volar Center for Independent Living, the Deafness Resources Specialist for Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), and served in the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Disabled Student Services Office. The UTEP Center for Accommodations and Support Services presented the Community Member "Diamond Amigo Award" to Susana in October 2015.

Susana is trilingual in English, Spanish and ASL. She is the proud mother of four children, one of whom is a deaf-blind adult with Usher Syndrome. Due to her daughter’s deafness, Susana has been involved in the deaf community for 32 years.