2025 True Heroes: Matthew DeGumbia
IN THE SHADOW of El Morro National Monument, where soft Zuni sandstone cliffs rise against the New Mexico sky, a small hub of mutual aid quietly sustains a community of aging artists and homesteaders…
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Tag: Community Building
Nominate Your True Hero
To nominate your True Hero, click the link below: NOMINATE YOUR TRUE HERO NEW MEXICANS ARE KNOWN FOR their resilience and compassion. From volunteers and philanthropists to healthcare workers and…
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True Heroes 2022: Enrique Macias Moreno
ENRIQUE MACIAS MORENO CAN’T FORGET THE HELP his family received from the community’s food bank when he was growing up on a ranch in Hagerman, on the outskirts of Roswell. As an adult, he’s turned his…
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True Heroes 2022: Diana Molina
DIANA MOLINA THINKS BIG. Copper Canyon huge. Texas large. Border issues massive. “We’re taking this national,” says the La Unión artist behind the traveling multimedia exhibit and book titled Icons…
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True Heroes 2022: Doris Fields
DORIS FIELDS WAS AROUND 10 YEARS OLD when it happened. Two of her close friends in Memphis, Tennessee, got into a grievous argument. Something welled up inside of Fields that grew into a lifelong…
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True Heroes 2022: Beverly Charley
IN HER EARLY TWENTIES, WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMY, Farmington native Beverly Charley felt her heart grow three times bigger. Charley was leading a supply convoy in Somalia when one of the vehicles…
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True Heroes 2022: Dr. Sanjeev Arora
ONE MORNING IN 2001, DR. SANJEEV ARORA entered his university clinic in Albuquerque to find a woman and her two children already waiting for him. The woman, who had been living with untreated…
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Editor's Letter: True Gifts
Above: In our December issue, find fresh takes on tamales and posole. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. I'M READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Tree lightings, bizcochitos, Santa, farolitos, hot chocolate, and…
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True Heroes 2021: David Howard
Above: David Howard initially got involved with dog therapy in 2016, after adopting a pair of rescue dogs, Two Socks and Liza. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. IF YOU READ DAVID HOWARD'S BIO on the High…
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True Heroes 2021: Dr. Jennie Wei
Above: Within a week of the first COVID-19 case in McKinley County, Dr. Jennie Wei worked to provide housing for those in need. Photograph by Gabrielle Marks. IN EARLY MARCH 2020, a doctor at Gallup…
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