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For the 19th consecutive summer, Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs and professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, hosts the “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico,”...

Although my mother wasn’t a curandera — or traditional healer — she should have been one. Growing up on a rural farm away from populated areas made healthcare harder to come by. “Don’t you dare get sick,” she would say to me and my siblings. “And if you...

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres is once again taking his popular two-week in person summer Mexican Traditional Healing, or Curanderismo class, to the world-wide stage through Coursera online learning.  For the past 18 years, Torres has been teaching an in person...

This summer, the start of the 17th annual Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico class, coincides with the release of a new supplemental textbook and photobook on the subject, deeply rooted in the teachings and...

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...

The popular summer course, "Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico," takes place at the University of New Mexico from July 16-27. Dr. Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, UNM vice president for Student Affairs and professor of ...