History
Fort Garland celebrates the history — and recipe — of tortillas in southern Colorado
The cooking lesson at the museum came with a lesson about the history of tortillas.
Lena Archuleta: Building a Community of Belonging
Great Colorado Women draws on the historic, scientific, cultural, public policy, education, agriculture, healthcare, and social justice accomplishments of the women in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
Lena Archuleta: Building a Community of Belonging
Season 2025 Episode 5 | 26m 40s | CC
Lena Archuleta has served the Hispanic community in Colorado as teacher, school librarian, administrator, and community volunteer. In 1976, she became the first Hispanic female principal in the Denver Public Schools. Archuleta is widely known as the Latina Matriarch of the Denver Community and was the first Latina to be inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
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