Standing near the pond at Quitobaquito Springs, Lorraine Marquez Eiler, a Hia-Ced O’odham elder, shared how her ancestors held ceremonies at the sacred site — a desert oasis in a national park that the federal government is set to bulldoze for a new border wall. She pulled out a photo of her great-great grandparents and […]
Author Archives: Stephanie Casanova
Stephanie Casanova is a Report for America corps member covering environmental justice and the Colorado River for Arizona Luminaria. Stephanie’s reporting position is part of a new partnership with the High Country News Western Environmental Collaborative (WERC). A bilingual journalist from Tucson she has been covering community stories for more than 10 years, centering the people most harmed by whatever issue she's reporting on. She has reported for Prism, CALO News, Somos Tucson, Conecta Arizona, Signal Cleveland, The Chicago Tribune and the Arizona Daily Star, covering mostly immigration and criminal justice. In her free time, you can find Stephanie dancing salsa, reading a romance novel or hiking with her dog, Solito.
