Briefcase
PROMOTIONS
LIFEROOTS has promoted two staff members. They are: Rakotoarijaona Mino, director of human resources. Mino joined LifeROOTS in 2013 as a volunteer. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico.
Angela Ortega, director of adult services. Ortega joined LifeROOTS in 2013 as a service coordinator. She previously worked as a visitation monitor at Youth Development Inc. - The Neutral Corner; and as a special education assistant at Albuquerque Public Schools.
WELCOME
RUDY LORENZO has joined Keres Consulting as facilities and infrastructure program manager. Lorenzo has experience supporting tribal infrastructure and construction projects including housing construction and renovations, wastewater system improvements, mine reclamation, and road construction. He previously worked as the program manager for facilities at the Pueblo of Laguna; as president of Laguna Construction Co. Inc.; and as a general engineer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
ANA GABRIELA OCHOA RIOS has joined Greer Stafford/SJCF Architecture
Inc. as a planner. Ochoa Rios will assist in developing facilities master plans for educational clients and contribute to other planning projects for public clients. She has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; and a master’s degree in community and regional planning from UNM. LOVELACE MEDICAL GROUP has hired two new providers. They are: Gloria S. Darrah, CNP, at Lovelace’s Independence Square location at Jefferson and Osuna NE in Albuquerque. Darrah has nine years’ experience as a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP). She has a bachelor’s degree
in nursing from Grand Canyon University; and a master’s degree in nursing from South University in Savanna, Ga. Lucus W.
Enslin, FNP, at Lovelace’s Independence Square location. Enslin, a family nurse practitioner with 10 years’ experience, has a varied clinical background including oncology, intensive care and emergency department experience. He has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from UNM, and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of St. Francis. SAGE NEUROSCIENCE has announced that Laura
Rifka Stern, M.D., has joined the practice. Stern is boardcertified in family practice and has 20 years’ experience in family practice medicine. She also has 10 years’ experience in working with narcotics addicts.
JOHN GOULD, AIA, has joined Dekker/Perich/
Sabatini as market leader for the firm’s senior living group. Gould has 30 years’ experience in the field with a concentration on design of environments for aging populations. He previously worked as lead designer and design principal for Ryan A+E Inc., KKE Architects; and BKV Group Inc. PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL
GROUP has hired six new providers for its primary care and specialty care clinics in Rio Rancho. They are: Ujjval Jariwala, M.D., board-certified internal medicine physician for the 3777 N.M. 528 NE location in Rio Rancho. Jariwala has a medical degree from Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research in Surat, India; and completed an internal medicine residency at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Adesina Sanni, M.D.,
MPH, board-certified family medicine physician for the 3777 N.M. 528 NE location in Rio Rancho. Sanni has a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University; a medical degree from Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago Iwoye, Nigeria; and completed a family medicine residency at the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif. Ruchita Jariwala, M.D., board-certified internal medicine physician for the 4005 High Resort Blvd. SE location in Rio Rancho. Jariwala has a medical degree from Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research in Surat, India; completed a fellowship in nephrology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center; and completed an internal medicine residency at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore.
David Zarikta, certified nurse practitioner at the 4005 High Resort SE location in Rio Rancho. Zarikta has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Eastern New Mexico University; and a master’s degree in nursing with a family nurse practitioner concentration from UNM.
Jamie Armijo, certified nurse practitioner at the 4005 High Resort Blvd. SE location in Rio Rancho. Armijo has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from New Mexico State University; and a master’s degree in nursing with a nurse practitioner concentration from UNM.
Nina Simon, CNM, midwife at the 4005 High Resort Blvd. SE location in Rio Rancho. Simon has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Delaware; and a master’s degree in nursing with a midwifery concentration from UNM. She also is fluent in American Sign Language.