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Alicia Romero was born and raised in Albuquerque but did a lot of growing up in Santa Cruz, New Mexico with her grandparents and extended family members. She received her PhD in History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently the Curator of History at the Albuquerque Museum following her service as Head Curator at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. As a curator and scholar, Alicia’s primary exhibition focus revolves around telling untold or incomplete histories of marginalized communities in New Mexico, the greater Southwest, and Mexico.
Amanda Cortés is a cultural worker and facilitator living in Albuquerque’s South Valley. She was born on Chicago’s South Side and raised by a family and community that practices resistance and self determination through organzing, culture and art. Amanda’s work includes strategic planning, project management and artist career consulting. She is most at home when building interdependent grassroots efforts that challenge capitalist systems of oppression. She holds a J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law and a B.S. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Parenthood and working with the earth challenge her and keep her grounded.
Alicia Inez Guzmán was raised in the northern New Mexican village of Truchas, on land passed down through many generations of women. She has written about histories of place, identity, land use and contemporary art in New Mexico and throughout the Southwest and brings this knowledge to her current role covering the nuclear industry as a staff writer for Searchlight New Mexico, an independent investigative news outlet based in Santa Fe. Alicia holds a PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester in New York. Her writing can be found in Rolling Stone, The Guardian and The Nation.
Myrriah Gómez is the author of Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos, which was awarded the Southwest Book Award and the International Latino Book Award. Originally from the Pojoaque Valley in northern New Mexico, she holds a PhD in Literature from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is an Associate Professor in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico.
Gabriela Campos was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Currently Campos is based out of Albuquerque and a photojournalist on staff with The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, High Country News, Al Jazeera, VICE, The Daily Beast and numerous local publications.
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