Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven is the focus of a new exhibit in the west wing of Zimmerman Library on the University of New Mexico main campus. Ortiz y Pino is one of the most well-known women in New Mexico public life. The exhibit features archival material related to her life and family.
Ortiz y Pino has been a state legislator, educator, and has fought for the rights of women, children and the handicapped through much of the 20th century. After graduating from UNM in 1943, she served five U.S. presidents on national boards promoting upward bound, the handicapped, health and the humanities.
She is featured in a new biography ¡Concha! Concha Ortiz y Pino, Matriarch of a 300-year old New Mexico Legacy, by Kathryn M. Cordova.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627