A free traditional health fair, feria de salud, will be held at UNM in conjunction with the annual “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico” class on Wednesday, July 20 from noon to 5 p.m. on the grassy area between Zimmerman Library and the Duck Pond.
The health fair, sponsored by the UNM Women’s Resource Center and Tonantzin Traditional Healing, will feature well-known traditional healers, known as curanderos, from the Mexico City area, as well as local healers from around New Mexico.
The 16th annual “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico” class will run Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 22 on main campus from 8:10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
Registration for the class is available through the UNM registrar’s office for credit, or through Continuing Education for non-credit or CEU’s.
For more information on the health fair or the Traditional Medicine class, please visit the Curanderismo class website or Facebook page.