https://mariaesquinca.org/about-me/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/maria-headshot-edited-2025-1.jpegMaria Headshot edited 2025https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/maria-headshot-edited-2025.jpegMaria Headshot edited 2025https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0001.jpg0001https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_2188.jpegIMG_2188https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0574.jpgIMG_05742025-08-08T23:34:12+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/awards/2025-08-08T23:11:10+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/poetry-more/2024-03-21T04:09:06+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/2019/03/02/creative-writing/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1361.jpgIMG_1361https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1671.jpgIMG_1671https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1644.jpgIMG_1644https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1198.jpgIMG_1198https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1357.jpgIMG_1357https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1455.jpgIMG_1455https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1479.jpgIMG_1479https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_32c.jpegfullsizeoutput_32chttps://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_32d.jpegfullsizeoutput_32dhttps://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1367.jpgIMG_13672024-02-18T04:09:49+00:00monthlyhttps://mariaesquinca.org/2018/05/13/photography/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5900.jpgIMG_5900"We don't have no Wal Mart. No K-Mart. No Target," said Jacinta Marquez, 60, a resident of Glen Acres, New Mexico, a small, rural community where some people own horses, a few miles outside of Lordsburg. The water system in Glen Acres had the highuest number of violations in the state, according to the New Mexico Department of Environmental Quality and is swithching over to Lordsburg's water because they can't afford to treat the high levels of fluoride. Picture by Maria Esquinca.2023-07-17T22:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://mariaesquinca.org/audio/2023-07-17T22:40:12+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/2018/05/13/articles/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4391.jpgA wild horse eats grass in the Navajo Nation. Photo by Maria Esquinca.A wild horse eats grass in the Navajo Nation. Photo by Maria Esquinca.2021-02-17T00:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mariaesquinca.org/articles/2021-02-17T00:49:28+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/photography/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/m4a7698.jpg_M4A76982020-01-06T03:00:40+00:00weekly0.6https://mariaesquinca.org/2018/05/12/the-journey-begins/https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8011.jpgIMG_8011A protestor attends the March for Black Women in Miami, Fl. Picture by Maria Esquinca https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7805.jpgIMG_7805Close to 1,000 people marched during the Florida March for Black Women. The event began at Booker T. Washington Senior High School, moved through the historically black neighborhood of Overtown, and ended in Wynwood before returning to the school. The event aimed to call attention to the oppression of black women and transwomen of color. Picture by Maria Esquinca. https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7697.jpgIMG_7697Christy Marie, from Tampa, Florida, attends the Florida March for Black Women. Picture by Maria Esquinca. https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_61061.jpgIMG_6106"We can't do anything," said Lorena Hernandez 46, about having contaminated drinking water. She is seated besider her grandchild, Derrick Piñeda, 5. Picture by Maria Esquinca.https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_6097.jpgIMG_6097"You get used to it. You work every day and come back really tired," said Rosa Maria Peña about contaminated tap water in Tornillo, which has arsenic levels above the legal limit. Peña, who is seated on the right beside Lorena Hernandez, used to work as an assembly worker in nearby Wrangler plant before it shut down, while Hernandez is a seasonal pecan farmworker. Picture by Maria Esquinca.https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_56011.jpgIMG_5601A road near Winchester Heights, a colonia outside the city limits of Wilcox, Arizona. Picture by Maria Esquinca.https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5392.jpgIMG_5392"Before, all of this used to be a dump. If there was sewage and potable water, it would be alright.," said Araceli Silva, 53, who lives in Wall Lane, an unincorporated community near Yuma, Arizona. Picture by Maria Esquinca.https://mariaesquinca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_52701.jpgIMG_5270Axel Ruiz, 2, plays with water in his pool that has arsenic. Pueblo Unido Corp. installed an oasis that has a small, water treatment facility in the community Ruiz lives in. The oasis has a filter that uses reverse osmosis to treat the arsenic. But, residents must walk to the oasis to get the clean, drinking water. It is an interim solution because it is too expensive to connect to the municipal water system. But, there are plans to build a new well. "Instead we are drilling a well, we're putting a filtration system, big ones, so we can have a community water system. That investment will be around 2 million, compared to 22 million dollars," said Sergio Carranza, executive director of Pueblo Unido Corp. 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