Tamy Diaz is our multi-talented Launchpad Coordinator and Community Connector, and we have the honor of spotlighting her talents! Part of the Family Tamy has been involved with Ciudad Nueva for the past 15 years. Her children started attending our programs when they were little, and two of them are still involved. She shared that for her kids, “Ciudad Nueva is their second home.” As her kids grew-up in programming, she became more and more intrigued and drawn into Ciudad Nueva’s mission. At the time, she was working as a housekeeper, putting every dollar toward rent and bread on the … [Read more...]
Trims and Trust – Keisha Branch is Making a Difference in El Paso and Beyond
At Ciudad Nueva, our team is full of compassionate, understanding people. Keisha Branch, our High School Coordinator, displays a perfect example of the warmth and care we feel for our community. Keisha left her hometown in Virginia to join our Border Fellows program in 2016, after completing a study abroad program at a youth refugee center in Ireland. She became the first in her family to graduate from college, as well as the first to venture from her family’s home. Through her experiences in both of these programs, she developed a passion for connecting with and fostering a … [Read more...]
What People Are Saying After Witnessing the Humanitarian Crisis on the Border
In our post from earlier this month, we shared about a new initiative called Abara that grew out of the work Ciudad Nueva has been doing on the U.S.–Mexico border over the past several years. Abara’s mission is “to cultivate opportunities for understanding, serving, and loving across divides through education, encounters, and response.” One of the ways Abara lives out this mission is by hosting two- to five-day border encounters where people can immerse themselves in the realities on the U.S.–Mexico border as they explore, listen, serve, and reflect. During their time at the … [Read more...]
Two Countries, One Community: How We’re Bridging Divides to Address the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
The U.S. city of El Paso and the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez might lay on opposite sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, but the two cities have long considered themselves to be a tightly connected community. This binational solidarity was broadcast to the world in the aftermath of the El Paso shooting on August 3, 2019. Long before then, however, individuals and organizations from both sides of the border were coming together to address the needs of migrants at the border. Ciudad Nueva is one of the organizations on the U.S. side of the border that has stepped up to address the growing … [Read more...]
