Fashion Models’ Bios
–Ken Miyagishima, gubernatorial candidate, was mayor of Las Cruces from 2007-2023. He has been a business owner for more than 30 years and is a professor in personal finance at New Mexico State University. He is married with four adult children and identifies as Asian, Mexican and Apache.
–Anna Hansen was Santa Fe County Commissioner for District 2 and is chair of Ward 2B. She is a lobbyist for the Pueblo of Pojoaque, is a member of the Board of Directors for the Friends of Tony Price, Atomic Art; the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, represents NHA on the Caja del Rio Coalition and is president of the Casa Alegre Neighborhood Association. A longtime advocate for climate change awareness and cleaning up LANL legacy waste, she also believes focus must be on reducing CO2 and plastic in the environment.
–Barbara Serna is a longtime county party advocate and volunteer and was recognized in 2024 with the DPSFC Ben and Carmen Lujan Award and Woman of the Year by the Espanola Valley Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of La Sociedad Folklorica de Nuevo Mexico, the oldest woman-led organization in the United States.
–Felicia Leyba, political director for the Sam Bregman Campaign for Governor, works to strengthen democracy and civic engagement in New Mexico. She supports Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, which provides free tutoring to teach adults to read English; and the League of Women Voters of Santa Fe’s voter education project.
–Gwen Shaw is a Santa Fe attorney.
–Cristy Marchand represents the 285 Alliance, also called 285ALL, a non-partisan alliance of concerned citizens in response to concerns about water security, unsustainable development and the quality of life for communities along Highway US-285 south of Santa Fe between I-25 and the town of Galisteo.
–Cynthia Weehler represents Fire On The Mountain. She wants to inform northern New Mexicans about a threat most don’t know about: that nuclear waste sits in canvas tents in the forest at Los Alamos Labs in a wildfire zone. She points out this danger is one that can be avoided if enough people know about it and speak up.
–Heidi Li Feldman from Indivisible Santa Fe is a legal scholar, a philosopher and a longtime political activist. She is Professor of Law Emeritus at Georgetown University Law Center and now lives in Santa Fe.
–Annie Rasquin has worked in public service in Northern New Mexico for 30 years. She is executive director of CASA First, a nonprofit providing advocacy to trauma impacted infants, children and youth from Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and Rio Arriba Counties. She started her career as a firefighter/paramedic with the City of Santa Fe, and has been a program director with multiple regional non-profit behavioral health agencies. In addition to developing programs and trainings focused on the mitigation and treatment of childhood maltreatment, she has served on city and state committees addressing these issues.
–Alejandro Fernandez, 26, has volunteered with the Human Rights Alliance since 2023. Alejandro became more involved and wanted to give back to the community. Upon doing so Alejandro learned that helping others is fulfilling, saying, “I had a purpose to look forward to.” Alejandro has helped organize Pride for two years. “Seeing all the people such as families, youth and friends being who they are at Pride is my biggest reward.” Alejandro recently became certified as a community health worker.
–Brenda Hoskie brings Diné voice and rural resilience to statewide Democratic Party leadership. She is the secretary of the Democratic Party of New Mexico and chair of the Democratic Party of McKinley County. She is a proud Diné woman from Springstead, NM.
–Lina Germann, a professor and board member at Santa Fe Community College, is a chemist by training and holds a doctorate in chemistry. She is a STEM educator, advocate and community organizer. She is passionate about STEM education as a path to prosperity and about promoting diversity and equity in STEM disciplines. In 2016, Dr. Germann founded STEM Santa Fe, an award-winning 501(c)3 nonprofit to advocate for, develop and provide STEM programming, mentoring and resources for all youth, especially under-represented groups in STEM.
–Sen. Leo Jaramillo works for democratic causes at the state legislature. Among the committees he serves on, he is vice chair of the Senate Rules Committee and a member of the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation and Land Grant Commitees. Sen. Jaramillo was recognized in September 2024 as a Rising Star by the DPNM.
–Sen. Linda Trujillo is an experienced attorney with demonstrated success in government administration and modernization. She has a long history of supporting and advocating for public education. Among her committee assignments is vice chair of the Mortgage and Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee and member of the powerful Senate Finance Committee.