2025 True Heroes: Patricia Morales-Cano
NOT IN MY BACKYARD. That was Patricia Morales-Cano’s initial response to a homeless shelter opening in her Silver City neighborhood in 2023. Her concerns seemed justified when crime—and…
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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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2024 True Heroes: Casey Otero
CASEY OTERO didn’t know much about baseball when she stepped up to the plate in early 2024 to bring Little League back to Tularosa. What she did know was that the village’s kids needed an after-school…
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2024 True Heroes: Nicole Gallegos
MANY OF NICOLE GALLEGOS’S patients, who have just received diagnoses for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, dementia, or aphasia after a stroke, come to her during the most difficult days of their…
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2024 True Heroes: Greg Hallstrom
ONE BUSY AFTERNOON during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Greg Hallstrom received a call at his Albuquerque office. A young man had been injured in a tragic car…
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2024 True Heroes: Michael McCann
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, three Taos teenagers tragically jumped from the Río Grande Gorge Bridge over the course of just a few weeks. While youth suicide in Taos is all too common, the deaths left Michael…
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True Heroes: Fernando Ruiz
CARLITO TRASK DEFTLY NAVIGATES tables in the crowded dining room of Escondido Santa Fe. The 28-year-old busser and food runner doesn’t shy away from talking with customers about his ankle monitor…
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2024 True Heroes: Ruth Gonzalez
RUTH GONZALEZ got the idea for her soothing socks from a co-worker, who gave her a Christmas present: microwavable socks to ease her aches and pains. The concept stuck with her for more than a decade…
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2024 True Heroes: Joaquín Luján
FOR JOAQUÍN LUJÁN, delivering freshly roasted green chiles to his neighbors is about more than just filling empty bellies. It’s an organizing strategy. “You start talking about green chile,” he…
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2024 True Heroes
Meet New Mexico Magazine's 2024 True Heroes on YouTube: @newmexicomag Thank you to our partners KOB4, New Mexico Tourism Department, and the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department…
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