Portraits of Enchantment

“I think my mom passed away five years ago and that really changed my perspective on the world...My mom always played piano her whole life, up until she died, and she was a really good pianist. Her family fled Latvia in 1941 when she was two because it was sort of sandwiched right in between Germany and Russia. At the time the Germans were coming in from the West and Stalin was coming in from the...

Breast cancer survivor and a true testament to the human spirit, Trish Morris has a positive outlook on the rest of her life. When Trish was 46 years old, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This “changed my outlook on life.” Although it’s hard to imagine someone going through such a tough time it’s clear that she is making the most out of the rest of her life. “This is so gravy! I hope...

Erin Armstrong, 39, is more than a cancer patient. For one, she is an attorney committed to fighting for women’s reproductive rights. For another, she is an inspiration, someone with a deeply fascinating story that begins not in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but in Hot Springs, Arkansas. “I only have a very vague memory-- sort of snapshot memories-- of that time. I must have been about three years...

Albuquerque Academy art teacher, Orlando Leyba, wants to change the world with his art. His specific experiences in his younger years shaped his growth as an artist and influenced his life’s moments, the first influential moment in his life beginning as a young boy and working tediously on his grandfather’s ranch in Northern New Mexico. “A real distinct memory I have is working with my grandfather....