Las Cruces Bulletin

Author Jennifer Cervantes draws inspiration from New Mexico

It all started with a story Jennifer Cervantes wrote for her youngest daughter, which evolved into the novel “Tortilla Sun,” published in 2010. Today, Cervantes is a New York Times …

Shaharazad Booth: Teaching the next generation

Shaharazad “Sherry” Booth decided “to hang my own shingle,” opening a law office in Las Cruces in 2019. She already had more than seven years’ experience as an assistant …

Cece Meadows: Helping others feel beautiful

A Google film crew visited Prados Beauty Owner Cece Meadows last December – she is Google’s representative for small business in New Mexico – to shoot video for a seminar the …

Julia Brown: Believes in women

Las Cruces Public Schools secretaries and administrative assistants were a little surprised when Julia Brown, a New Mexico Economic Development Department community, business and rural development …

Marci Dickerson gives back

Las Cruces business owner Marci Dickerson is a self-described go-getter. “So many people see a problem and they feel helpless to provide a solution,” Dickerson said. “If I see a …

Mary Kay Papen: Changemaker

“I’ve seen a lifetime of change for women,” said former Las Cruces state senator Mary Kay Papen, who turns 93 in March. When Papen’s then husband, George Kuper, died in a 1971 …

‘Mother Hubbard’: A legend

“ACTS of the Heart: The Remarkable Story of Live Entertainment’s Mother Hubbard” is the title of a new book about Las Cruces and New Mexico State University legend Barbara Hubbard, …

Crystal Diamond Brantley: Making a difference

In the 2020 general election, Crystal Diamond Brantley won New Mexico State Senate District 35, which includes all or part of seven New Mexico counties. A resident of Elephant Butte, she is the first …

Tori Crichton: 24-year-old rocket scientist

Tori Crichton only graduated from New Mexico State University a few years ago but already she’s a rocket scientist working in the aerospace industry. “A big thing that helped me to get to …

Wanda Bowman, Barbra Hubbard, Amber Burdge, Marci Dickerson and the family of Sybil Clagett pose with jerseys and a Letterman given to the women and members of their family in honor of the work the women did for the university and the Las Cruces community.

NMSU honors three women

NMSU honored three women on Saturday as trailblazers and trendsetters who helped build NMSU’s women’s athletics program.

Heather Pollard: No stopping her

Here is how Heather Pollard spends her time: She co-chairs and is one of more than a dozen women who volunteer to run Mesilla Valley Hospice Emporium Antique Store. She is president of the Amador …

Wanda Bowman: An adventurer at heart

When she was 73 years old, Wanda Bowman boarded a Russian freighter that took her to Antarctica. She rode on a raft from the freighter to the actual ice-covered land mass, dug a hole in the ice and …

Sybil Dickerson: One to remember

As you walk into the Game 1 Sports Bar and Grill on the corner of Espina Street and University Avenue, look up at the newspaper clipping that is framed with the large black and white photo of two …

Amber Burdge: Coming into her own

As a young athlete growing up in Oklahoma, Amber Burdge greatly admired professional skater Debi Thomas, an Olympic medalist and national champion who became an orthopedic surgeon. But Burdge doesn’t have a particular hero.

Bridle Up Hope Las Cruces lifts women and girls

“The horses are the therapists.” That’s what owner Kelly Koerper said about Bridle Up Hope Las Cruces (BUH), which Koerper founded in 2023 on four and a quarter acres of land south …

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