06/11/2025
📣 Meet Our New Practice Manager – Albert Escobedo! 🐾
We’re thrilled to officially welcome Albert Escobedo as the new Practice Manager of Animal Hospital of Las Cruces! 🎉 While he joined our team back in March, we’re finally taking a moment to introduce him properly.
Albert brings nearly 20 years of veterinary experience, leadership, and compassion to our clinic. Originally from Indiana, he became a Registered Veterinary Technologist (RVTg) in 2007 after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Technology from Purdue University, where he studied veterinary medicine, management, and leadership.
His career journey includes:
🔹 Practicing as an RVTg in Indiana
🔹 Moving to California in 2014 to teach and direct a Veterinary Assistant Certification Program
🔹 Managing a cat rescue in Los Angeles, where he adopted Ziggy, his special needs cat who is now a happy, paralyzed 3-year-old
🔹 Serving as Director of Veterinary Operations at the Humane Society of Sonoma County, where he oversaw HQHVSN, Shelter Medicine, and a Community Veterinary Clinic
🔹 Launching SOCO SNIP, a hands-on training program teaching California DVMs high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter surgery skills
Now, Albert has moved to New Mexico with his wife, son, and their three beloved pets:
🐱 Ziggy (the paralyzed wonder cat)
🐱 Pebbles (7-year-old black cat)
🐶 Angelita (sweet 10-year-old Doxy mix)
His wife is originally from El Paso, and their move brings them closer to family, and to a new chapter with our team and community.
Please help us give Albert a warm Las Cruces welcome! 💙