DAVID POLICANSKY has been tracking down and photographing historic Catholic churches since he first visited New Mexico in 2005. “I immediately noticed these interesting old churches all over the…
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B ORN INTO A FAMILY of Mississippi sharecroppers, Sarah Addison learned the art of storytelling while rocking on her grandmother’s knees, listening to her elder weave tales of wit and wisdom…
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THE BASES ARE LOADED, the sun is shining, and the batter stands at the plate. Parents wearing team jerseys sit on the edges of their seats. Kids laugh and squeal as they scurry to get the ball, little…
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RAYNA DINEEN The former school principal and teacher launched a nonprofit to tackle the state’s literacy problem head-on. PATRICIA MORALES-CANO A lifelong resident of Silver City found new…
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K AITLYN MARIA TRAINED with her horse for just six months—yet still made history. The 20-year-old Belén electrician became one of the first Navajo women crowned New Mexico State Fair Rodeo Queen by…
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D AVID SANTIAGO , also known as St. Jame, paints beautiful women. Often nude and somewhat sensual, the idealized figures in his murals and large-scale paintings call to mind anime and vintage pinup art…
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W HEN YOU’RE HUNGRY for a discussion ranging from the rodeo at New York Fashion Week to Paris Hilton working at a Sonic Drive-In to the burnout crisis among beginning farmers, Tara Vander Dussen and…
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DR. ANNETTE SOBEL’S impressive resumé includes military service, teaching, and an appointment as the first woman director of the New Mexico Office of Homeland Security and deputy secretary of the…
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EDUCATOR KARA BOBROFF (Diné/Lakota) founded One Generation in 2020, an organization that encourages social change through Indigenous-led programs and partnerships. In 2006, she helped to establish the…
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MARIANNA BEHRENDS was raised on a ranch in the village of San Jon, near Tucumcari. After a career in industrial agriculture, she realized her dream of returning to the family ranch in 2022 and giving…
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