Our Mission

Our Mission

El Raton Media Works is an innovative nonprofit Arts2Work workforce development and career opportunity hub serving Colfax County and surrounding areas. We empower the community to thrive in a technology and media-driven world by providing access to tools, training, and careers in all aspects of media arts and production. We are committed to promoting community engagement, creative self­-expression, and life and career skills for youth and adults.

Our Vision

Our vision is to bring film, television, and emerging media projects to northern New Mexico. We are committed to invigorating the local economy and creating a wide range of community and workforce development opportunities through partnerships, collaborations, and investments with local and regional businesses and educational institutions.

Filmmaking and television production requires building entire worlds. Fully realizing these visions requires not just production crews like cinematographers, directors, actors, and scriptwriters, but it also needs a complete economy of workers such as electricians, carpenters, welders, plumbers, chefs, tailors, painters, and mechanics. We believe the development of learning and media production facilities will provide educational resources and workforce development opportunities to the community to grow the regional economy in a myriad of ways, including increasing demand for local businesses, youth and adult career pathway education, and job opportunities.

Our Diversity Statement

El Raton Media Works is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for filmmakers, educators, students, volunteers, and employees. We welcome diversity in its many forms – including, but not limited to age, gender, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, cultural perspective, and economic circumstances – with the goal of providing all area residents platforms to learn, strengthen community, and advance a strong media and ancillary business workforce.

Our Values

Responsiveness: committed to responding quickly to ever-changing community needs, through special training, initiatives, and workforce development.

Commitment to Excellence: produce high-caliber customer service and high-quality media arts and technology training to support community members in their efforts to develop media career-related skills.

Integrity and Professionalism: act with integrity and professionalism when representing the organization and our work.

Diversity & Equity: committed to serving all organizations, businesses, and residents from all walks of life, particularly those whose faces are not seen and whose voices are not heard regardless of income, education, gender identity, ethnicity, physical ability, language, beliefs, or any other characteristics.

Collaboration & Relationships: collaborate with others to strengthen our work and theirs, and fosters strong and meaningful relationships for common goals to create powerful results.

Learning & Discovery: foster individual and community transformation, creativity, and innovation resulting from new information and new experiences. We believe empowerment and self-actualization come through training and access to the tools needed to learn, discover, and create.

Safe & Welcoming: committed to creating a welcoming and professional environment in our facility in which all are able to feel safe and respected.

Our Team

Our leadership team brings years of experience to the challenges of expanding economic and workforce development to the region.