Ms. Rivera has a bachelor of arts, architecture degree from the University of New Mexico and has been with ARC since 2005. She provides research and general data maintenance support for ARC staff. She researches and analyzes demographics and enrollment data, and produces GIS mapping, diagrams and floor plans. She assists with presentation graphics and participates in publication and graphics production. She helps coordinate public participation in community planning meetings. She has contributed to planning projects involving educational and local and state government facilities.

Ms. Rivera has studied in Mexico, Venezuela, Ghana, India and many parts of the U.S. She volunteered for the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center and with AIAS for a Habitat for Humanity project. In New Mexico, she mentored students in architecture at the Santa Fe Indian School.