Hello! I’m Gabriela Estala-Lopez, an Albuquerque native and UNM alumna with a heart for community work. My journey started at Global Ties ABQ and led to a focus on reproductive health care with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. I am…

Thank you to all of our DAL families, friends, and supporters for coming out and spending part of your Mother’s Day weekend with us! 💐 There aren’t enough words to describe how grateful and honored we are to be so loved and supported by our…

Dear Dar a Luz Community, Happy New Year Dar a Luz community! Welcome to the first newsletter of 2024. We ended last year’s fundraising campaign having raised $220K from Dar a Luz community members, individual donors, local foundations, board…

What’s next? Dear Dar a Luz Community, We wanted to tell you some amazing news: together, we’ve saved Dar a Luz! Some of you might remember from our community letter published back in June 2023, that we had a projected deficit of $300K…

November 27, 2023 Dear Community, Last week Baby #1500, #1501 and #1502 (all on the same day!) were born at Dar a Luz! Since opening in 2011, we have taken care of nearly 2,500 families with our midwives and nurses having attended over 1,5…

November 11, 2023 Dear Community, We want to let you in on a little secret: we are on our way to closing the gap! So far we have raised a total of $180K since June, 2023. This means that we are more than halfway to our goal of $300K by Decembe…

October 14, 2023 #SaveDaraLuz Update! United Way Giving Greetings Community!  We have amazing news! Last week we received an anonymous donation that brought us to a total of $152,000 raised since the start of our #SaveDa…

October 8, 2023 #SaveDaraLuz Update! Greetings Community! We come to you first with some nostalgia: Abigail and Alisa founded and incorporated Dar a Luz (back then “Full Circle Midwifery Birth & Health Center”) in July 2007 and held our…

September 17, 2023 Hello Community!  Thank you for all of the generous contributions in the past 26 days. We are 96 hours away from the end of this challenge and we are ALMOST there. We have just over $14,000 in contributions and/or pledg…

August 21, 2023 #SaveDaraLuz MATCHING CHALLENGE What’s our goal: $30K in Days! What’s our timeline: August 21- September 20, 2023 What’s our pledge: Our entire board and staff (24 people) have pledged and committed to contribute $15,000 total…