Good morning, Farmington.

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca spent 30 years as a home extension agent teaching food preservation and safety in remote villages, helping low-income families by translating government materials into Spanish.

Born near Las Vegas, she overcame poverty and a train accident in 1932—leaving a lasting legacy in New Mexico.

Mela Lucero Leger (an educator advocating bilingual learning) is honored today in La Loma with a roadside marker recognizing decades of work preserving language and culture, which helped pass the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act that allows schools to teach in Spanish and Indigenous languages with English.

New Mexico expects record-breaking heat that feels like summer even though spring is not yet official, and health experts advise drinking water with electrolytes, wearing loose light-colored clothing, taking breaks in the shade, and using SPF 30 sunscreen (which can help prevent sunburn and heat stress) as a safety precaution.