Mia Casas
Communication & Engagement LeadMia Casas holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Mexico with minors in Journalism and Theatre. She came to KUNM through an internship with the New Mexico Local News Fund and reported for the station until 2026, as well as heading the newsroom's social media.
In her time curating KUNM's social media, Casas became an essential piece of the station spreading content to communities far and wide. She is now the Communications & Engagement Lead and will continue her work on social media while tracking analytics and working on how the community engages with KUNM.
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Arts organizations in New Mexico have long depended on federal dollars to help them survive. Last year, a major source of that funding, from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), was nearly zeroed out by the Trump Administration. While Congress restored the budget, the money now comes with a caveat. -
On April 1, around 2:30 a.m., Pastor Joanne Landry and her family woke to crackling fire and shouting voices. The family escaped with their lives, but the church sanctuary of the Interfaith Bible Center next to their home is in shambles. -
New Mexico artist Delilah Montoya’s major retrospective opened in February at the Albuquerque Museum. During the curation process, Montoya worked with art historian Josie Lopez on their new book Activating Chicana Resistance, taking a deeper look into Montoya’s body of work. KUNM spoke with them both. -
This past weekend brought record temperatures for the cities of Albuquerque, Roswell, Socorro, and most of southwest New Mexico. The unseasonably warm weather broke the previous daily record by five degrees. -
Low-rider culture runs deep in Albuquerque. On Sundays you can see cars, barely an inch off the ground cruising down Central in their candy colored paint. Now, a new multimedia book celebrates this culture, and dispels some of the negative stereotypes. -
The United States is in very uncertain times for immigrants and people of color regardless of immigration status. But in New Mexico, these communities have had a couple big moments of joy over the past week. -
Delilah Montoya has been creating art infused with activism since the early 1980’s. A major retrospective of her work opens Saturday at the Albuquerque Museum. Montoya’s photography, printmaking, and large-scale installation art are rooted in the “Chicanismo” pride of New Mexico. -
Art often imitates life, but it also allows us to explore our wildest dreams. That’s the idea behind Suzanne Sbarge's exhibit Familiars. Her dreamscape work explores themes of mystery and mythology through multimedia collage. KUNM spoke with Sbarge about how the seed of Familiars was planted. -
New Mexican’s personal data may be getting into the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a judge’s ruling in December. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed they’re sharing some information with the Department of Homeland Security and the New Mexico Healthcare Authority told KUNM it does openly share New Mexican’s information with CMS as required by federal law. -
On Wednesday, New Mexico lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, with amendments that strengthen protections for immigrant communities.
