Latinas + New Mexico Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 8, 2009

Margaret Montoya, a longtime member of the University of New Mexico law school faculty, was the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School.

New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Jimenez Maes was one of the first two Hispanic women to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s law school. In 2003, she became the state’s first Latina chief justice.

Hispanic women make legal history in New Mexico

June 25, 2009

Cristina Acosta: Luminous Work, Lasting Art – Exhibit: Reshaping the Divine – Contemporary Hispanic Retablos Exploring the Divine Feminine – El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico

December 10, 2008

Paula Rodriguez, 1915-2008: Artist ‘turned straw into gold’ – Santa Fean helped revitalize the art of straw appliqué

September 3, 2008

Danizete Martinez, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, received a $15,000 University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship for 2008-09.

August 8, 2008

Political Science Professor Christine Sierra, of University of New Mexico says that neither candidate is tailoring specific outreach to Hispanics

March 5, 2008

New Mexican Town Split Over Immigrant’s Removal

January 7, 2008

Grant to help Hispanic women get Pap smears – New Mexico

October 11, 2007

Latina leader to speak at New Mexico State University – Anna Cabral

September 24, 2007

Regina Chavez to Receive Alumni of the Year Award from University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning

August 27, 2007

River of Tears/Rio de Lagrimas: An Evening of Women Supporting Women At Albuquerque Museum on September 13th

April 29, 2007

Local singer achieved stardom in mariachi – Debra Martinez in New Mexico