The featured speaker is honoree Amanda Ekery<\/a>, a native El Pasoan instrumentalist, vocalist and composer who was recently nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Album Notes category. She will perform at the event.<\/p>\n Event sponsors include Franklin Mountain Investments, El Paso Community Foundation, University Medical Center of El Paso, Hunt Companies, Texas Tech Health University Center of El Paso, Creative Kids, Alamo Auto Supply, Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, the Hospitals of Providence, HUB International and Strategic Wealth.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s 28 honorees are, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n Christin Apodaca\u00a0<\/p>\n A native El Pasoan, Christin Apodaca is a visual artist<\/a> known for her large-scale murals<\/a> and digital illustrations. Her work can be seen throughout El Paso, including her iconic piece \u201cContigo\/With You\u201d in Segundo Barrio, \u201cThe Woman with Sunset Colored Hair\u201d at Montecillo and \u201cBailar\u201d at the Outlet Shoppes of El Paso. Her projects often involve collaborations, providing opportunities for other women artists and supporting community organizations. Apodaca designed the black-and-white artwork on scarves awarded to ChangeMakers honorees. Last year, she completed \u201cIn our Desert, There is Magic,\u201d<\/a> an immersive 72-by-16-foot mural at La Nube STEAM Discovery Center.<\/p>\n SEE ALSO: Between the lines: El Paso artist Christin Apodaca\u2019s simple lines tell complex narratives<\/a><\/p>\n Lee Merrill Byrd<\/p>\n Lee Merrill Byrd is a novelist and publisher who with her late husband, Bobby Byrd<\/a>, in 1985 founded El Paso\u2019s Cinco Puntos Press<\/a> \u2013 one of the nation\u2019s most influential independent book publishers. Cinco Puntos gave a home to local authors with diverse stories to tell. The publishing house was sold to Lee & Low Books in 2021. A native of New Jersey who spent most of her life in El Paso and the Southwest, Lee Byrd is considered a pioneer in publishing children\u2019s bilingual books. Books she authored include \u201cThe Treasure on Gold Street: A Neighborhood Story,\u201d \u201cJuanito Counts to Ten\u201d and \u201cBirdie\u2019s Beauty Parlor.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: El Paso book publisher Cinco Puntos Press sold to New York publishing house<\/a><\/p>\n Valeria Contreras<\/p>\n Valeria Contreras, an El Paso filmmaker with writer, director and producer credits to her name, serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas at El Paso. She\u2019s a Producers Guild of America Create Fellow, Film Independent Producing Lab Fellow and Fast Track Fellow. Her recent short film, \u201cOranges,\u201d filmed in El Paso<\/a>, was selected for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Director Incubator, sponsored by Netflix. Through her company, Apis Mellifera Productions, she is developing international feature films with emerging directors.<\/p>\n Kerry Doyle<\/p>\n The outgoing director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center<\/a> for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso, Kerry Doyle is an expert in U.S.-Mexican art and culture. She\u2019s worked at the center for 19 years, the past 13 as its director, and has curated contemporary art by renowned international artists. In her role, she\u2019s earned and managed grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts, among others. She was instrumental in setting up a partnership with the Gaspar Enriquez Cultural Center<\/a> in San Elizario, where she will continue working.<\/p>\n SEE ALSO: \u2018Blood, sweat and tears\u2019: Gaspar Enriquez Cultural Center to open in San Elizario<\/a><\/p>\n Amanda Ekery<\/p>\n El Paso native Amanda Ekery has lived in New York since 2018, but remains connected to her hometown in her music. Last year, she released \u201c\u00c1rabe,\u201d<\/a> featuring 12 original songs that embrace the shared history and culture of Syria and Mexico. The book of accompanying essays behind each track were nominated for a 2026 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. Ekery teaches songwriting, voice and piano at Fordham University and the New School in New York City. She founded El Paso Jazz Girls, a nonprofit that introduces middle and high school girls to jazz, songwriting and music career paths.<\/p>\n Yvonne Enriquez<\/p>\n Yvonne Enriquez is the co-founder of Texas Culinary Institute<\/a>, creating an educational space where she says cooking is not only taught as a life skill, but practiced as a form of therapy, creative expression and human connection. She leads nonprofit initiatives including Feeding Wisdom, which provides scholarships and community-based culinary programs, and Hearts to Be Healed, an organization focused on supporting caregivers through creative and therapeutic experiences.<\/p>\n Soila Hern\u00e1ndez Fierro<\/p>\n Soila Hern\u00e1ndez Fierro, who grew up in El Paso\u2019s Segundo Barrio, is a visual artist known for her illustrations, clay designs and mural work \u2013 as well as her work on the farm at La Semilla. Fierro often shares her knowledge, passion and creativity through workshops in Segundo Barrio and the Mexican American Cultural Center.<\/p>\n Maria Garcia<\/p>\n Maria Garcia, a former El Paso television news reporter, now serves as executive editor of the New York City-based podcast, Futuro Studios. She is also the host and creator of the \u201cAnything for Selena<\/a>,\u201d podcast, named one of the best of the year by The Atlantic, Vulture, Time, Vogue and others. She created and hosted \u201cMy Divo,\u201d an Apple Original podcast about Mexican icon Juan Gabriel and Maria\u2019s own queer and Mexican roots. It was the first Apple Original podcast released in both English and Spanish.\u00a0<\/p>\n Andrea Gates-Ingle<\/p>\n Andrea Gates-Ingle is co-founder and executive director of Creative Kids and the oLo Gallery<\/a>, a nationally recognized creative youth development program. Creative Kids works with pediatric oncology patients, under-resourced and incarcerated youth, as well as families navigating the aftermath of the Aug. 3, 2019, Walmart mass shooting. This spring, she\u2019ll be honored with the prestigious Open Hearts Award, presented by Jane Seymour in Malibu, California, recognizing her lifelong work.<\/p>\n Salathia M. Graham<\/p>\n Salathia M. Graham, a Georgia native and Army veteran, is CEO of the Graham Agency LLC. She came to El Paso in 2020 and has established herself as one of the area\u2019s most recognized professional makeup artists \u2013 adopting the moniker the \u201cface architect<\/a>.\u201d She\u2019s pursuing her master\u2019s in business administration and is training in Lean Six Sigma, a business management system with certifications structured in belt levels.<\/p>\n Rosa Ramirez Guerrero<\/p>\n An iconic El Paso performer, educator and public speaker, Rosa Ramirez Guerrero<\/a> has long promoted cultural awareness through dance. She founded and served as artistic director of International Folklorico Dance Group \u2013 one of the first in the Southwest. A former teacher, she was the first Hispanic woman in El Paso to have a school named in her honor: Rosa Guerrero Elementary School. She\u2019s been inducted into the Texas Women\u2019s Hall of Fame and is the recipient of numerous prominent honors, including the LULAC Arts and Humanities Award, the NEA Human Civil Rights George T. Sanchez Award and the Mexican Consulate OHTLI Award. Most recently, she authored \u201cLas Posadas<\/a>,\u201d a children\u2019s book about the holiday tradition, and co-authored \u201cColores, Sabores y Dichos<\/a>,\u201d a collection of photographs, recipes and dichos with Frank Rene Lopez.<\/p>\n Abeni Janae<\/p>\n An adjunct music faculty member at the University of Texas at El Paso, Abeni Janae<\/a> is a singer-songwriter, keyboardist, composer, producer and public speaker from El Paso. She\u2019s the youngest composer signed to the internationally renowned publisher Carl Fischer Music and has had her works premiered at Carnegie Hall and in Leeds, England. One of UTEP\u2019s top 10 seniors in 2024, she serves as bandleader of the AJM Collective.<\/p>\n Marta Katz<\/p>\n Calling ballet the \u201cdefining pursuit of my life,\u201d Marta Katz has danced since she was 9, including in ballets while in the National Company in Mexico City. Now the founder and executive director of El Paso Ballet Theatre<\/a>, Katz taught in the Gifted and Talented Program under Ingeborg Heuser at the University of Texas at El Paso. She has also taught ballet at El Paso Community College, the El Paso Independent School District, numerous private ballet studios, and directed the first school programs for Kids Excel El Paso.<\/p>\n Monica Lozano<\/p>\n Born in El Paso and raised in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, photo<\/a>g<\/a>rapher Monica Lozano<\/a>\u2019s work has been exhibited internationally and featured in major publications, including Portrait of Humanity by the British Journal of Photography and the New York Times. In 2011, she completed the Photo Global residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York, receiving the Presidential Scholarship. Her work examines themes of migration and the construction of belonging across borders.<\/p>\n Adair Margo<\/p>\n A lifelong supporter of the arts and the humanities, El Paso native Adair Margo owned Adair Margo Gallery from 1985 to 2010, where she exhibited 400 artists from 12 countries. In 2009, she founded the Tom Lea Institute<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the legacy of the world renowned El Paso muralist, writer, illustrator and war correspondent. Margo chaired the Texas Commission on the Arts and the President\u2019s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and served on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Last year, she was inducted into the Texas Women\u2019s Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n Erica Marin<\/p>\n A former independent curator, Erica Marin was appointed as director of the El Paso Museum of History<\/a> in 2021 \u2013 becoming the first born and raised El Pasoan, Chicana\/Latina to serve in that position. Marin has been a critical driver in pivoting the museum\u2019s direction to community-driven exhibitions, including \u201cLow & Slow: Lowrider Culture on the Border\u201d and \u201cChicano Power: A Force for Change and Progress in El Paso.\u201d She also teaches part-time at UTEP in the Chicano Studies program.<\/p>\n READ MORE: New El Paso Museum of History director makes history of her own<\/a><\/p>\n Gris Mu\u00f1oz<\/p>\n Gris Mu\u00f1oz,\u00a0 an Indigenous Chicana poet, writer and leather craftsman, is the author of \u201cCoatlicue Girl<\/a>,\u201d a bilingual collection of poetry and short stories. Her book was named a finalist for the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry by the Texas Institute of Letters. Her writing has appeared in \u201cThe Rumpus,\u201d \u201cHuizache,\u201d \u201cTasteful Rude\u201d and The Smithsonian Latino Center. She has also been featured by the Texas Book Festival and the Big Read New Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rebecca Mu\u00f1oz<\/p>\n Rebecca Ann Mu\u00f1oz, a Chicana visual artist and cultural worker, has more than 25 years of experience across grassroots, nonprofit and public sectors. In August 2023, she was appointed the first director of the El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center<\/a> having previously served as cultural program manager for the city\u2019s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department. Mu\u00f1oz has dedicated her career to advancing the arts as a space of storytelling, belonging and civic imagination.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE: Meet Rebecca Mu\u00f1oz, director of El Paso\u2019s Mexican American Cultural Center<\/a><\/p>\n Josey Pickett<\/p>\n Native El Pasoan Josey Pickett, Ph.D., serves as a fine arts facilitator for the Socorro Independent School District, earning it the designation as a District of Distinction from the Texas Educational Theater Association, Texas Thespians and the Educational Theater Association. She\u2019s also the artistic director of Somos Performance Group<\/a>, which provides local, diverse and inclusive performing arts experiences. As a freelance stage director, choreographer and performer, Pickett has worked with the UTEP Dinner Theatre, Opera UTEP, El Paso Opera and many more.\u00a0<\/p>\n Candace Printz<\/p>\n Candace Printz, who now serves as assistant director of fine arts for Socorro ISD, taught high school art for 15 years, earning the SISD Teacher of the Year Award. She has promoted environmental awareness through the arts, receiving the Texas Environmental Educator of the Year Award. In 2019, she created the nonprofit Green Hope Project<\/a>, which focuses on art, education and environmentalism. In 2022, Printz spearheaded the creation of \u201cTrash to Treasure<\/a>,\u201d a 64-foot recycled plastic mural, depicting a mountain lion in Downtown El Paso.<\/p>\n Yasm\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/p>\n El Paso author Yasm\u00edn Ram\u00edrez is perhaps best known for her memoir, \u201c\u00a1\u00c1ndale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family<\/a>,\u201d which received the International Latino Book Award and the Southwest Book Award. Her work centers bilingual storytelling, cultural memory, and the lived realities of border communities. Ramirez serves as a professor of English and creative writing at El Paso Community College, empowering emerging writers to tell their stories with authenticity and intention.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Q&A with \u2018\u00a1\u00c1ndale, Prieta!\u2019 author Yasm\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/a><\/p>\n Judy Robison<\/p>\n A lifelong community leader and philanthropist, Judy Robison<\/a> has dedicated decades to strengthening El Paso through education, arts and civic engagement. She\u2019s a longtime board member of the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and most recently led the fundraising campaign for the nearly $6 million Star Ceiling installation just outside of the museum. Her leadership has supported organizations including the El Paso Symphony, Paso del Norte Community Foundation, Texas Cultural Trust and the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence Foundation. She was named the 2025 El Pasoan of the Year<\/a> by El Paso Inc.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rodriga Rockmore<\/p>\n Rodriga Rockmore<\/a>, a vinyl DJ born and raised in the Borderland, has for decades created and led disc jockey workshops for women and youth, fostering safe spaces to explore and master the art of vinyl. Her sets capture the rhythms of cumbias, rancheras and Mexican folklore, honoring the music that defines the borderland and celebrates the identity of fronterizos. Rodriga\u2019s sets have reached international stages through her work on Twitch, NTS, YouTube and Mixcloud.<\/p>\n Rub\u00ed Orozco Santos<\/p>\n Rub\u00ed Orozco Santos, a Borderland poet and cultural organizer, is the author of \u201cInventos Mios<\/a>,\u201d an award-winning documentary poetry book that received the Tejas Poetry Book Award from the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies. She serves as director of storytelling and development at La Semilla Food Center, where she leads several regional initiatives. Among them are the Chihuahuan Desert Cultural Fellowship and the zine \u201cFood, Land, and Us: A Look at the Farm Bill from the Paso del Norte Region.\u201d She is also the editor of the anthology \u201cThe First Year of Life: Recipes of Care from the Frontera.\u201d<\/p>\n Stacey Hunt Spier<\/p>\n Stacey Hunt Spier, who has long been committed to strengthening the region\u2019s cultural landscape, serves as board chair of the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation. She also serves on the board of the El Paso Opera, where she previously served three terms as board chair. Spier has received the National Trustee Recognition Award in 2019 for her leadership and service, as well as the Maestro Award in 2022 honoring her contributions to the arts. She is also a board member of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and a member of the Leadership Cabinet of the Paso del Norte Center.<\/p>\n Rachelle Thiewes<\/p>\n A professor emerita in UTEP\u2019s Department of Art, Rachelle Thiewes<\/a> is an internationally recognized metalsmith whose jewelry is in the permanent collections of many U.S. and European museums. Among them are the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2009, she was named Texas Master by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and in 2014, the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts honored her with the Access & Excellence in the Arts Award. She\u2019s also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship and designated the 2023 Master Metalsmith by the Metal Museum.<\/p>\n Janace LaShell Walker<\/p>\n Janace LaShell Walker, a U.S. Air Force veteran who\u2019s known creatively as JunkDredz<\/a>, is a children\u2019s book author, painter and fashion designer originally from Jacksonville, North Carolina. She\u2019s the founder of the independent clothing brand Junk Approved, known for its alternative, edgy custom-designed apparel. Walker is also the founder of the El Paso Black Arts Association.<\/p>\n Bobbie Welch<\/p>\n Bobbie Welch, who\u2019s been entwined with the El Paso area music scene for almost 50 years, now serves as a co-vice president of the El Paso International Music Foundation<\/a>. The organization works to empower musicians in the El Paso, Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez and Las Cruces communities and promote the local music scene through education, advocacy and awareness. A veteran events producer and former owner of Tricky Falls in Downtown, Welch is the former events director at UTEP and concert coordinator at New Mexico State University. In her roles, she was instrumental in bringing iconic shows to the Borderland, including U2 to Sun Bowl Stadium and Metallica to the Pan Am Center.<\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n \t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Turon-Mural-1.jpg\")
\u201cContigo \/ With You\u201d on Father Rahm Street in El Paso\u2019s Segundo Barrio is a popular mural by borderland artist Christin Apodaca. (Cindy Ramirez \/ El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Apodaca-Christin-scaled-e1773438846477-copy.jpg\")
Christin Apodaca<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CB_CincoPuntos-Lee-Byrd.jpg\")
Lee Byrd recalls the publication of Vatos, a book of poetry and photography by Luis Alberto Urrea, at Cinco Puntos Press in 2021. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Byrd-Lee-Merrill.jpeg\")
Lee Merrill Byrd<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Contreras-Valeria.jpg\")
Valeria Contreras<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20231011_075744.jpg\")
Kerry Doyle at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts where she serves as director. (Daniel Perez \/ El Paso Matters) <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Doyle-Kerry-e1773435331987.png\")
Kerry Doyle<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ekery-Amanda.jpg\")
Amanda Ekery<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Enriquez-Yvonne-scaled-e1773435393340-718x1024.jpg\")
Yvonne Enriquez<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fierro-Soila-Hernandez-Bio-e1773435541884-635x1024.jpg\")
Soila Hernandez Fierro<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Garcia-Maria-scaled-e1773435582486-755x1024.jpg\")
Maria Garcia<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gates-Ingle-Andrea-Bio-scaled-e1773435651742-694x1024.png\")
Andrea Gates-Ingle<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graham-Salathia-M-e1773435717532-799x1024.jpg\")
Salathia M. Graham<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-Rosa-e1773435772305.png\")
Rosa Guerrero<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Janae-Abeni-scaled-e1773435949605-693x1024.jpg\")
Abeni Janae<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Katz-Marta-scaled-e1773436030724-719x1024.jpeg\")
Marta Katz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lozano-Monica-e1773437243559-759x1024.jpg\")
Monica Lozano<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adair-Margo-James-Magee-in-Museo-Livermore-July-2024.jpg\")
Artist James Magee, right, with Adair Margo at his Museo Livermore in July 2024, a few months before his death. (Photo courtesy of Adair Margo)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Margo-Adair-scaled-e1773437562253-671x1024.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
Adair Margo<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CB_EricaMari\u0301n-4689.jpg\")
Erica Marin, the El Paso Museum of History\u2019s first native El Pasoan director, sets out the wooden railroad toys that are part of the interactive children\u2019s display in the railroad exhibit. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Marin-Erica-e1773437667898-732x1024.jpg\")
Erica Marin<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Munoz-Gris-scaled-e1773437743905-744x1024.jpeg\")
Gris Munoz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CB_RebeccaMunoz-0656.jpg\")
Rebecca Mu\u00f1oz, a native El Pasoan with extensive background in community and cultural work, has been appointed director of El Paso\u2019s Mexican American Cultural Center. Mu\u00f1oz, who calls the appointment her \u201cdream job,\u201d looks forward to collaborating with the community to schedule programming and showcase border culture when the center opens in early 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Munoz-Rebecca-e1773437827635.jpeg\")
Rebecca Mu\u00f1oz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pickett-Dr.-Josey-e1773437992834-1.jpg\")
Josey Pickett<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trash-to-Treasure.jpg\")
The 64-foot tall mountain lion 3D mural made of recycled materials is at the One San Jacinto Plaza Building in Downtown El Paso. The artwork by Portuguese artist Artur Bordalo is part of the \u201cTrash to Treasure\u201d initiative led by the Green Hope Project in El Paso. (Cindy Ramirez \/ El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Printz-Candace-scaled-e1773438041985-657x1024.jpg\")
Candace Printz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CB_YasminRamirez-2968.jpg\")
El Paso native and EPCC professor Yasm\u00edn Ramirez is the author of \u201c\u00a1\u00c1ndale Prieta!\u201d, a memoir about her relationship with her grandmother. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ramirez-Yasmin-scaled-e1773438160841-657x1024.jpg\")
Yasm\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Robison-Judy-e1773438239120-663x1024.jpg\")
Judy Robison<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rockmore-Rodriga-scaled-e1773434821804-1.jpg\")
Rodriga Rockmore<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Orozco-Santos-Rubi-e1773437878678-711x1024.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
Santos Rubi Orozco<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HuntSpierStacey-e1773435854480.jpeg\")
Tracey Hunt Spier<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thiewes-Rachelle-e1773434900495-1.jpeg\")
Rachelle Thiewes<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Walker-Janace-LaShell-e1773435007496-1.jpg\")
Janace LaShelle Walker<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welch-Bobbie-e1773435047159.jpg\")
Bobbie Welch<\/p>\n