Norma Martinez
Morning Edition / Fronteras Hostnorma@tpr.org
Twitter: @NormDog1
Norma Martinez is a native of El Paso and a veteran of public broadcasting. She began volunteering at the El Paso public radio station KTEP as a college student in 1989. She spent a year as a Morning Edition host and reporter at KRWG-FM in Las Cruces, New Mexico, before returning to KTEP as a full-time employee in 1995. At KTEP, Norma served as Morning Edition host, chief announcer, Traffic Director, PSA Director, and host and producer of various local shows.
Norma also voiced numerous commercials and worked part-time as a DJ at country, adult contemporary, and classic rock stations in El Paso.
Norma is a 1993 graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, earning a BA in Music Performance. She spent 23 years as a cellist with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and currently plays with the all-volunteer Symphony Viva.
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San Antonio native Vincent Valdez tackles symbols of power in contemporary society through large-scale, life-like portraits. -
'Texas Standard' host David Brown reflects on 10 years of telling the stories of Texas. -
Chicano scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and the McNay Art Museum's Mia Lopez lead a walkthrough of the exhibit, Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility. -
Rasquachismo denotes both the scarcity and ingenuity of the predominantly middle- and working-class Latinos. Rasquachismo became reflected in poetry, music, and visual arts fueled by the Chicano movement. -
In a true Austin-San Antonio collaboration, the Austin Symphony Orchestra will premiere the multi-genre take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream March 3-5. -
El Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Estado de Texas informó que hubo 64 brotes asociados a la influenza durante ese tiempo. Agregó que 3,262 texanos y cuatro niños murieron de influenza o neumonía desde que comenzó la temporada de influenza el 1 de octubre. -
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 64 influenza-associated outbreaks during that time. It added that 3,262 Texans and four children died of influenza or pneumonia since flu season began on Oct. 1.
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San Antonio councilmembers Phyllis Viagran and Adriana Rocha Garcia have teamed up with Dr. Lyssa Ochoa of the SAVE Clinic to address health disparties in the city's South Side. -
Además: Las personas tienen derechos legales cuando tratan con ICE; San Antonio y SAWS acuerdan trabajar juntos en proyectos de construcción; El comisionado del condado organiza un ayuntamiento más sobre el proyecto del estadio de los Spurs
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Also: People have legal rights when dealing with ICE; San Antonio and SAWS agree to work together on construction projects; County commissioner hosts one more town hall on Spurs arena project
