From the Staff
By Sunshine Mendez and Alaine Bracken
![[Photo of staff inside a drawing of Bhutan architecture]](20_staff.jpg)
2001 Borderlands
Staff L to R:
Armando Ruiz, Artist; Ruth Vise,
Faculty Editor & Advisor; Sunshine Mendez, Editor.
Not pictured: Alaine Bracken, Assistant Editor
It was a complete honor for me to be Student Editor of
Borderlands. I’d first like to thank Ms. Vise for choosing me
for this job and also for teaching me in her classroom. Working
on the many papers has taught me much about writing. It has also
been an intellectual endeavor as I have learned more about El
Paso’s history through the hard work of the students at EPCC,
and for that I’d like to thank them as well. I thank my husband
and son for putting up with the many hours I’ve spent glued to
the computer or away from home working on this publication. This
was an experience I’ll never forget and always appreciate.
Sunshine Mendez
What a joy it has been to learn more about the
fascinating history of El Paso, Texas. I have learned about
every day people wanting to make life better for them and their
children and in the process helping to create a town fit for
family and business. Thanks to Ms. Vise, English professor at
Northwest Campus, for the research assignment to learn about the
history of El Paso. I appreciate her confidence in me to assist
in the job of putting together this feature magazine. I would
like to thank the wonderful librarians at the Downtown Public
Library in the Southwest Collection. Barbara Rees, Curator of
the El Paso Historical Society, helped me immensely in obtaining
photos for these articles This has been a great experience.
Alaine Bracken
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Cite: Mendez, Sunshine and Alaine Bracken. "From
the Staff."
Borderlands 20 (2001-2002):
2a.
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Borderlands is published annually by
El Paso Community College,
P.O. Box 20500, El Paso, TX 79998.
It is a collection of student written articles on the history & culture of the El Paso, Juárez, Las Cruces border region, comprising
the states of Texas, New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
This site was created with seed money from the Integrating Technical
Contexts into Academic Courses (ITAC) Project, and maintained by the
Northwest Community Library
staff.
Funds for the program were provided by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board under the auspices of the federal Carl
D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.
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Northwest Community Library, EPCC
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