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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The South Texas native discusses his works and how they're influenced by the duality that exists living on the U.S.-Mexico border. -
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Photographer Marni Shindelman's series, "Restore the Night Sky" documents the effects of light pollution at 45 private ICE detention centers across the U.S. -
The new book, “The Donkey Lady: A Graphic Parable,” retells a haunting San Antonio legend by inviting children and adults alike to consider new moral dilemmas. -
Local fashion designers took high fashion to the streets last month to showcase clothes characterized as "rasquachic." -
The Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law, banned racial discrimination in voting and enforced the 15th Amendment right for Black men to vote. -
Mission Indians in Spanish Texas helped the American Revolutionary cause by using their skills as vaqueros to drive longhorn cattle to Spanish Louisiana to help feed Spanish troops fighting the British. -
Information about tax and rate increases in San Antonio; New World screwworm threatens the deer population in Texas; Alamo Colleges with an homage to Flaco Jimenez
