Best Buddies Leadership Development programs represents one of our organization’s five key mission pillars. The programs educate and empower people with and without IDD to become leaders, public speakers and advocates. Best Buddies passionately believes that its program participants can lead the effort within their community and beyond to build a more inclusive world for people with IDD.
BESTBUDDIES® Ambassadors
Offers people with and without IDD the opportunity to gain the public speaking skills, self-esteem and confidence needed to successfully advocate for themselves, their peers and Best Buddies in communities, workplaces and government.
BESTBUDDIES® Promoters
Empowers youth to become advocates for people with IDD and help open new Best Buddies chapters and programs by organizing special events that promote awareness to the disability rights movement.
BESTBUDDIES® Transitions
Offers a combination of classroom-based training, experiential learning, and corporate mentorship to help students with IDD explore post-secondary options, prepare for independent living, and identify career ambitions. Workshops and activities offer experiences that aid youth with IDD in their transition into adulthood.
How the Ambassadors Program Works
How the Promoters Program Works
How the Transitions Program Works
New Mexico Chapter Listing
Elementary Schools 
Middle Schools
High Schools 
Colleges To join a chapter, click a school name below
Elementary Schools
- Arroyo del Oso Elementary (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 6504 Harper Drive Northeast, Albuquerque, NM, 87109-3604, US, null, null, 35.1526606, -106.5752976, null]
- Chaparral Elementary School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 6325 Milne Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87120-1691, US, null, null, 35.1334043, -106.7127526, null]
- Collet Park Elementary School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 2100 Morris St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112-3201, US, null, null, 35.1065925, -106.5238367, null]
- Dennis Chavez Elementary (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 7500 Barstow St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109-4951, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Joe Harris Elementary School (Rio Rancho, NM)
API address [ 2100 10th St SE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124-4054, US, null, null, 35.2639856, -106.7208633, null]
- John Baker Elementary (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 12015 Tivoli Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111-5309, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Maggie Cordova Elementary School (Rio Rancho, NM)
API address [ 1500 Veranda Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124-3897, US, null, null, 35.2349325, -106.6984403, null]
Middle Schools
- Chaparral Middle School (Chaparral, NM)
API address [ 290 East Lisa Drive, Chaparral, NM, 88081-8020, US, null, null, 32.0405755, -106.4127067, null]
- Cleveland Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 6910 Natalie Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110-1323, US, null, null, 35.126835, -106.5696342, null]
- Desert Ridge Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 8400 Barstow St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87122-2832, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 6811 Taylor Ranch Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87120-2957, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Madison Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 3501 Moon St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111-4619, US, null, null, 35.1209452, -106.5432228, null]
- Mesa Middle School (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 7225 N Jornada Rd, Las Cruces, NM, 88012-7277, US, null, null, 32.4074032, -106.7265046, null]
- Mountain View Middle School (Rio Rancho, NM)
API address [ 4101 Montreal Loop NE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87144-8455, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Polk Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 2220 Raymac Rd SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87105-6843, US, null, null, 34.9776891, -106.7038039, null]
- Wilson Middle School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 1138 Cardenas Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, NM, 87108-4809, US, null, null, 35.0611474, -106.5795618, null]
- Zia Middle School (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 1300 New Mexico State Road 101, Las Cruces, NM, 88005, US, null, null, 32.2759044, -106.784481, null]
High Schools
- Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109-3843, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Aztec High School (Aztec, NM)
API address [ 500 East Chaco Street, Aztec, NM, 87410-2170, US, null, null, 36.8218708, -107.9931455, null]
- Bloomfield High School (Bloomfield, NM)
API address [ 520 N 1st St, Bloomfield, NM, 87413-5307, US, null, null, 36.7173339, -107.9784617, null]
- Bosque School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 4000 Bosque School Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87120-2546, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Centennial High School (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 1950 S Sonoma Ranch Blvd, Las Cruces, NM, 88011-1706, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Chaparral High School (Chaparral, NM)
API address [ 800 S County Line Dr, Chaparral, NM, 88081-7830, US, null, null, 32.0425117, -106.3772854, null]
- Cibola High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 1510 Ellison Dr NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114-5101, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Cleveland High School (Rio Rancho, NM)
API address [ 4800 Cleveland Heights Rd NE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87144-1607, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Eldorado High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 11300 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111-2602, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Estancia High School (Estancia, NM)
API address [ 709 Hopewell Avenue, Estancia, NM, 87016, US, null, null, 34.7648244, -106.0600291, null]
- Farmington High School (Farmington, NM)
API address [ 2200 N Sunset Ave, Farmington, NM, 87401-3421, US, null, null, 36.7500265, -108.2047118, null]
- Gadsden High School (Anthony, NM)
API address [ 6301 Highway 28, Anthony, NM, 88021-8597, US, null, null, 31.997401980682, -106.655967005834, null]
- La Cueva High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 7801 Wilshire Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87122-2807, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Las Cruces High School (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 1750 El Paseo Rd, Las Cruces, NM, 88001-6012, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Manzano High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 12200 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112-5804, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Moriarty High School (Moriarty, NM)
API address [ 200 Center Ave, Moriarty, NM, 87035-8001, US, null, null, 34.9881649, -106.0438811, null]
- Organ Mountain High School (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 5700 Mesa Grande Dr, Las Cruces, NM, 88011-6017, US, null, null, 32.3819602, -106.7153896, null]
- Piedra Vista High School (Farmington, NM)
API address [ 5700 College Blvd, Farmington, NM, 87402-1773, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Rio Grande Preparatory Institute (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 2355 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM, 88005, US, null, null, 32.2752926, -106.793411, null]
- Rio Rancho High School (Rio Rancho, NM)
API address [ 301 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124-6523, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Sandia High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 7801 Candelaria Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110-3757, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Volcano Vista High School (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ 8100 Rainbow Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114-6090, US, null, null, null, null, null]
Colleges
- New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-1229, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ Human Resources Service Center (Employment & Benefits), Albuquerque, NM, 87106-3835, US, null, null, 35.0893968, -106.6246758, null]
Citizens
- Albuquerque Citizens Program (Albuquerque, NM)
API address [ null, Albuquerque, NM, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
- Citizens Las Cruces (Las Cruces, NM)
API address [ null, Las Cruces, NM, null, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Four Corners Citizens (Farmington, NM)
API address [ 5101 N Dustin Ave, Farmington, NM, 87401-3923, US, null, null, 36.7762543, -108.1952096, null]
