The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States’ highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House on Friday (May 3). Ochoa is the […]
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City department director Kyra Ochoa leaves Webber administration to work for state
Jan. 2—Mayor Alan Webber is losing one of his top executives. Kyra Ochoa, who has served as director of the Community Health and Safety Department since January 2021, is leaving after this week to take a job as one of three deputy secretaries at the New Mexico Human Services Department. Ochoa called the decision to […]