About Us
Board Members
Miriam Hicks, Interim Board President
Miriam's journey to Sol Housing in 2018 was fueled by a profound dedication to creating affordable housing solutions. With over two decades of architectural experience at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini in Albuquerque, she brings a wealth of knowledge in entitlements, affordable housing projects, construction administration, and design. As a licensed Architect, Miriam excels in guiding projects from initial funding applications through to successful community occupancy. Her expertise in coordination and communication ensures seamless project execution. Miriam holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and actively contributes to her community by serving on multiple community and governmental boards focused on affordable housing and equity. Outside of her professional and civic commitments, Miriam enjoys spending quality time with her family, engaging in backyard farming, and pursuing various healthy living and homesteading projects.
Renia Ehrenfeucht, Board Treasurer
Renia Ehrenfeucht is a Professor of the Community + Regional Planning Department and the Associate Dean for Research at the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning. Dr. Ehrenfeucht is inspired by all transformational social action to create socially just and equitable institutions, environmentally sustainable societies, and vibrant economies that sustain cultural differences as well as traditional and new ways of life. Her research and teaching is motivated by the belief that committed social action can dismantle colonialism and racism and create ways of living that respect diverse people and all species. Her research explores how people reshape built environments. One focus is public spaces and the politics of everyday life, examining how ordinary spaces and local institutions influence people’s opportunities in diverse environments. She has written about food trucks, street work and Airbnb as moments to explore urban transformation in work, daily life and the right to the street. She also studies shrinking cities and how people, places and institutions respond to population loss.
China Osborn, Board Secretary
China Osborn is an accomplished and dedicated Urban Planner and Development Project Manager, with a passion for missing-middle and affordable housing urban-infill projects.   With more than 20 years of professional experience, China’s work has taken her nationally and internationally, from the San Francisco Bay area to Texas, and all across Mexico, where she spent almost 17 years of her career. Now, having returned to the U.S., China is a Redevelopment Project Manager for the City of Albuquerque’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency, specializing in Development Incentive Programs, such as the Redevelopment Tax Abatement and Gap Financing, that help bring much-needed housing to Albuquerque. China is excited to join the AAHC Board as Secretary and to bring her years of knowledge and her passion to supporting and growing the organization.
Kaedi Sanchez, Board Member
Kaedi Sanchez is a Policy and Development Associate at the Center for Housing Economics, which provides technical assistance, project financing expertise, and advocacy for strong housing policy locally and at the legislature. In her role, Kaedi is deeply involved in affordable housing advocacy across New Mexico. Kaedi is a veteran of the United States Navy, where she served as a JAG Corps paralegal and earned her degree in paralegal studies from Roger Williams University. After eight years of honorable service, she continued her legal career as a senior paralegal for a local medical malpractice and wrongful death firm. In her current work, Kaedi helped pass legislation creating a gross receipts tax deduction for construction materials and labor for affordable multifamily housing and continues to advance affordable housing priorities in New Mexico. Her policy approach focuses on incentivizing housing development, increasing supply, preserving existing properties, and keeping housing as affordable as possible for New Mexicans.
Benjamin Tobias, Board Member
Benjamin is a father, artist, educator, community servant, and lifelong learner. Originally from Houston, Texas, he has called Albuquerque home for the past 18 years. Benjamin graduated from CNM and UNM with a degree in Art History, focusing on medieval and Gothic art and architecture of the Iberian Peninsula. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Educational Psychology at UNM. He lives in Albuquerque’s South Broadway neighborhood with his 10-year-old son and his sister. Throughout his career, Benjamin has worked with several arts nonprofits in Albuquerque and spent ten years as a Montessori educator. He currently serves as the Manager of Student Basic Needs at Central New Mexico Community College, where he oversees the college’s four food pantries and leads the basic needs distribution program that he helped develop and implement. His commitment to education, food access, and human rights extends beyond his professional role. Benjamin previously served on the board of Mount Mahogany Charter School and currently serves on the boards of Cottonwood Gulch and the City of Albuquerque Human Rights Board. Passionate about ensuring that all community members have access to the resources they need to thrive, Benjamin regularly collaborates with local organizations, community leaders, and residents to advance food security, educational opportunity, and basic human rights throughout Albuquerque. Benjamin is deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve his community through his work at CNM and the various boards he serves on. He values the relationships, diversity, and sense of belonging that make Albuquerque home and remains committed to supporting the well-being and success of the city and its residents.
Melissa Toledo-Ontiveros, Board Member
Melissa Toledo-Ontiveros has dedicated her life to helping people throughout New Mexico. She is employed at Community Action Agency as director of thriving families where she works with a team focusing on social determinants of health, narrowing the economic gap for families who live and work in colonias, rural, and frontier NM. She has led community asset and needs assessments, developed, and evaluated programs throughout NM. She serves as a chair of a countywide housing taskforce addressing social, economic and health issues. Recently, the task force championed passed an affordable housing GO BOND for six million dollars.
Contractors
Brittany Espinoza, Operations Consultant, KW Consulting, LLC
Jason Espinoza, Operations Consultant, KW Consulting, LLC
Funders
