06 April 2022
Ximena Diaz-Velasco: MANO Intern Prepares for Career in Landscape Architecture
Amid the pandemic, Ximena Diaz-Velasco partnered with local artists and a group of friends to create a mutual aid fund to support excluded workers including undocumented and immigrant communities ineligible to receive aid under the…
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30 March 2022
Moy Mendez: Cultivating Change Through Ministry
“It’s almost like a calling. A deep desire that I have inside to be able to provide a leg-up for people that look like me, people that share my story—a person of color.”
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23 March 2022
Fabiola Torres-Toledo: Becoming One of Nature’s Ambassadors
Stony coral tissue loss disease is a waterborne disease that began threatening corrals in Florida, then expanded to the Caribbean. To protect these organisms and stop the disease from spreading, divers must apply amoxicillin paste…
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16 March 2022
Margarita Flores: Intrinsic Discoveries
“We were at church one day and I remember I told my grandmother, ‘mom [we used to call my grandmother, mom], I want to be like him’ and pointed at the priest, and she just…
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02 March 2022
Pastor Moses Borjas: Protecting Castner Range for Future Generations
Pastor Moses Borjas has lived in El Paso since his early childhood. Some of his earliest memories include weekends at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology right next to Castner Range. They’d drive across town…
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01 March 2022
Belen Coronado: Building Community Under the Northern Arizona Sky
There’s something beautiful about connecting with nature through a hike, camping trips and ranger talks. Outdoor exploration enriches communities with knowledge, sentiments of peace, and encourages them to think critically about the world they live…
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