Las Esperanzas Ft. Corrina Miramontes and Martha Rodriguez

Podcast: Preserving History and Democracy · Cynthia Mendoza

Opublikowano: 2025-11-20

In this deeply enriching episode of Preserving History and Democracy, host Cynthia Mendoza and producer Bernardine Caporale sit down with two remarkable women at the forefront of cultural and historic preservation in Doña Ana County: Corrina Miramontes and Martha Rodriguez from Las Esperanzas Together, they take us on a captivating journey through the Mesquite Historic District—the original townsite of Las Cruces, platted in 1849 and still home to one of the most intact collections of historic adobe structures in the Southwest. Discover the powerful origin story of Las Esperanzas, a grassroots organization founded by loc...