Otero College Foundation

🐍 Join the Rattlers Rising League

Join the team that shows up for students every month. You're in good company. The League is made up of people just like you—alumni, parents, and neighbors who've decided that no Rattler should have to choose between their education and their family's finances.

When you join today, your gift joins theirs—turning dreams into degrees

What your monthly gift covers 📚

• Textbooks a student couldn't otherwise afford
• Gas money that gets a rural commuter to campus all week
• Scholarships that close the gap between dropping out and staying enrolled
• Clinical supplies for nursing students
• Certification exams that turn hard work into a hireable credential
• Ag program support for our farming and ranching families
• Free community programming across our service area
• Instructor training so our students learn from the very best

Your monthly gifts become the infrastructure of student futures. You don't have to give a fortune to change lives — and you'll be giving alongside people who also believe in students like these:

"I am truly grateful for the hand-up in pursuing a higher education, and have plans to pay it forward."
— Israel, who climbed from homelessness to a degree in Health Navigation

"This scholarship has helped me pay for college and alleviated worries about finances."
— Erin, daughter of a single father farming through drought

"It will ease the financial burden my schooling places on my family."
— Maegan, second-year nursing student

Their stories were made possible by people who joined the team. Now it's your turn.

Join the League