Expertise



Early Southern Colorado Indo-Hispano history in the San Luis Valley

U.S. military at Fort Garland

Colorado's early Hispano representatives to the territorial legislature

Enslavement of Indigenous Persons in southern Colorado Territory

Census information Early Huerfano County

Colorado Indo-Hispano history, acequia systems

Publishing History



The New Mexico Historical Review published three of my scholarly articles (2018, 2022, 2023).

Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado (University of Colorado Press 2020)

Forgotten Cuchareños of the Lower Valley, History Press (2010)

Speaking Experience

Western History Association, 2021

Historical Society of New Mexico, 2002, 2020, 2023

Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation, 2023

Genealogical Society of Hispanic America, 2023, 2024

Historical Society of Huerfano County, 2024

Fort Garland Museum, 2022, 2023

Biography



Historian and author. Enjoys historical research and writing about the Indo-Hispano history of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.

Focus covers the critical years of 1855 to 1875 that led to the establishment of Colorado Territory.

Research has taken the author to archives, museums, libraries, heritage centers in New Mexico and Colorado, and the NARA centers in DC and Maryland.

Transcribes and translates Spanish documents and conducts a genealogy of the families.Enjoys presenting research to share the unknown Indo-Hispano history of Colorado. Currently writing a manuscript about the vast private collection of documents to tell the interesting history of La Cebolla Valley in northern New Mexico.

Awards

Best Article published in the New Mexico Historical Review (2019)

Fellowship from the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies (Colorado College, 2022)

Research grant from the Historical Society of New Mexico (2022)

Best Article published in the 2018 New Mexico Historical Review (2019) Miles History Award from the Colorado Historical Society (2010)

Hispanic Annual Salute for contributions to Colorado Hispano history (2012)