About me
Micaela Fischer is the deputy director for program evaluation for the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee. She and her team of 11 evaluators work to provide policymakers and the public with objective, independent and credible assessments of public agencies and government-funded entities. Prior to her role with the Finance Committee, Micaela served as a policy officer for food and agriculture at the New Mexico-based Thornburg Foundation and an advocate with the Pew Charitable Trusts on environmental campaigns ranging from international marine protection to domestic reform of confined farm animal production methods. She holds a master’s degree in community, food, and agricultural systems from Michigan State University and a bachelor’s of science in biology from Wichita State University.
