Harm Reductionist Media, Inc is a 501(c)3 Non Profit organization that publishes informational materials relating to public health, specifically relating to substance use, homelessness, and sex work.


Team


Anami Dass (she/her)
Director of Harm Reductionist Media

Interim Board Chair


Anami is a Harm Reductionist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. After directing the New Mexico chapter of DanceSafe from 2018 to 2022, Dass worked for various organizations as a harm reduction specialist and HIV Test Counselor. She is currently the Director of Programming at New Mexico Harm Reduction Collaborative in the international district of Albuquerque.


She created HRShare in 2022, and manages and contributes to the resource library frequently. Her advocacy work and dedication to trauma informed social service provision is inspired by her lived experience of homelessness, substance use, and gender transition. In 2023, she established Harm Reductionist Media.

Nancy Rocha (she/her)
HRShare en Español - Lead Translator (Contract)

Nancy is a graduate from Highlands University, she is bilingual in both Spanish and English, and she graduated in May of 2023. Nancy is a licensed social worker. On her free time you can catch her boxing, reading, creating, and dancing

Board of Directors

Ashe Wells (she/they)
Director of New Mexico Harm Reduction Collaborative

Board Administrator

Ashe has worked as a Peer Support Worker, Hepatitis C Program Coordinator, Grant Manager, and Intake Coordinator for an Outpatient Treatment Clinic. Ashley prides herself on using her lived experience with substance use, poverty, and street life to advocate for people who use drugs.

Ashley is currently a coordinator for the New Mexico Community Members Drug Union, a member of the Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative's Harm Reduction Subcommittee, and has been featured in many publications as a voice for New Mexico's Harm Reduction Movement.

Photo by Nigel Brunsdon (2023)

Mason Burks (he/him)

Disease Intervention Specialist

Board Treasurer

Dedicated Harm Reductionist and public servant, committed to community healing through trauma-informed, client-centered care. Outspoken, longstanding drug policy reform activist, with professional and academic ties to scholars and outreach workers throughout the United States and Canada.

Former Director of Operations for New Mexico DanceSafe (2018-2022)