“I believe that moving to America did not affect my cultural practices. Our children still follow their culture; knowing the fundamentals are an important part of our heritage.” – Chung-Yun Yu Story By: Wei-Shuen Yu Photo Credits: Bobby Gutierrez Hui-Ming Lee-Yu My name is Hui-Ming Lee-Yu; I am originally from Taipei Taiwan. The reason why I…
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Living ‘Rurally’
Name: Nazca Armentha Warren & Phil Rothwell Location: La Fragua, New Mexico Topics: Rural, Valley, Organic, Farming, Community Quote: “It was hard at first to understand how to live ‘rurally.’ Both of us coming from cities, we have had to do a lot of shedding of our layers and understanding what that looks like.” Urban Origins…
Enlightening Eileen
Name: Eileen Espinoza Location: Chimayó and Pojoaque, New Mexico Topics: Hispanic, Labor, Traditions, Santa Fe Capital Roundhouse Quote: “I just completed 27 years working here at the Santa Fe Capital Roundhouse. We do everything here in the building. We clean it top to bottom!” Santuario My name is Eileen Espinoza and I am originally from Chimayó,…
Zamora Family / Albuquerque
Name: Crystál, David & Paz Zamora Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topics: Dance, Music, Culture, Aztec, New Mexican Quote: “Everybody calls them a costume. ‘Oh that’s such a pretty costume can I borrow it for Halloween?’ Instead of getting offended we just let them know, this isn’t exactly our costume, it’s our regalia to show that our…
Molly Molloy / Las Cruces
Name: Molly Molloy Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Topics: Education, Librarian, Immigration, Border, Youth Quote: “I’m the person that people come to when they need information about the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration topics.” My name is Molly Molloy and I’m originally from Louisiana, in the southeastern part of the U.S. I am currently a research librarian here,…
Zavier Thompson / Albuquerque
My name is Zavier Thompson, I’m 15 years old. I go to Highland High school. I grew up in Albuquerque. What else is there to say? I mean I record music. My first EP, my first project is called the Woke EP that just dropped August 27th and is available now on iTunes and other electronic…
Emma Moya / Plaza Vieja, Albuquerque
My name is Emma Moya. Our Familia arrived in La Villa de Albuquerque (Arabic for white oak), 34 years after Gen. De Oñate in 1598. The Trujillo’s – built a huge hacienda on the present day Manzano Day School across Central south of the Rio Grande in 1680 – the area was not attended. Instead…
Vyvian Nguyen / Albuquerque
I am 19 years old. I go to UNM, the University of New Mexico. I am studying criminology and I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico since I was a baby. I’m really patient and I’m like, I’m really like, friendly. Like I get along with others really well, like other people. Most of my…
Mariachi Buenaventura / Santa Fe
Joanna Alvarez Reyes: My name is Joanna Alvarez Reyes. We are Mariachi Buenaventura, we’ve been playing in this group 10, almost 11 years now. In September or October I think it will be. Nishka Gonzales: and I’ve been playing violin for about 15 years and playing with them for about 9….10 years. [Laughing] that’s a…
Helen Nasheiwat / Albuquerque
My name is Helen Nesheiwat. Originally we’re from Jordan. We’re from New York but originally from Jordan. But we came a long time ago from Jordan. So we spent all our life in New York, and then ten years ago we moved to New Mexico. The reason we moved to New Mexico? First of all,…
Shery / Albuquerque
My name is Shery… I have actually been here for, I started in Las Lunas where I lived with my family until they kick me out. The reason why I became homeless is because I fell in love with my son’s dad. I’ve been with his dad for almost three years in August. We’ve been…
Humans of New Mexico 