M. Nicolás Cabrera Montiel

​​Nicolás Cabrera es un escritor neomexicano que tiene estudios de licenciatura en periodismo e historia, un diplomado de estudios avanzados, una maestría en español y una maestría en biblioteconomía e información. Se crió en una casa bilingüe en el vecindario histórico de Los Griegos en Alburquerque, Nuevo México, donde el español ha sido hablado por siglos. Escribe poesía y prosa tanto en inglés como en español. Para él, escribir en español es importante porque mantiene viva la lengua de su familia y cultura. Le gusta viajar, leer y tomar fotografías. Escribió para el servicio de noticias Frontera Norte Sur de la Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México en Las Cruces.

Sus obras han sido publicadas en México y Estados Unidos.
Nicolás Cabrera is a Neomexicano (New Mexican) writer who holds two undergraduate degrees in journalism and history, and graduate degrees in communication, Spanish literature, and library and information science. He grew up in a bilingual household in the historic Los Griegos neighborhood in Alburquerque, Nuevo México, where Spanish has been spoken for centuries. He writes poetry and prose in both English and Spanish. It is important for him to write in Spanish in order to keep the language and culture of his family and community alive. He enjoys traveling, reading, and photography. He previously wrote for the Frontera Norte Sur news service at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

His work has been published in Mexico and the United States.

Honors and Awards • Honores y premios

2020 - National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest
• Third place in the Web and Social Media category for personal website design for nicolascabrera.com
• Honorable mention in the Infographics Design category Santa Cruz de la Cañada: A Demographic Analysis of Parish Baptisms from 1877 to 1918 originally presented at St. John’s University in New York

2020 - New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest
• Ecos Neomexicanos, first place in the Graphics and Design category
• First place in the Web and Social Media category for personal website design for nicolascabrera.com
• First place in the Infographic Design category and second place in the Speeches category for Santa Cruz de la Cañada: A Demographic Analysis of Parish Baptisms from 1877 to 1918 originally presented at St. John’s University in New York
• Third place for the article Authentic Esthetic • Estética Auténtica published in Popejoy Hall’s Stage print magazine
• Honorable mention for the August 2019 radio interview on the Espejos de Aztlán broadcast on NPR affiliate KUNM 89.9 FM in the Radio and Television Interview category

2019 - New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
• Ecos Neomexicanos, first place winner in the Spanish language book category
• Ecos Neomexicanos, finalist in the small cover design category (<6x9)
• Ecos Neomexicanos, finalist in the Spanish language book category

2016
• First place in the “Excellence in Communications for Individual Achievement” category in the New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest
• Second place in short story category for La Llorona alburquerqueña in the New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest
• Second place in the feature story category for El Cerro de Tomé: A Hill That Unites in the New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest
• Honorable mention in the feature story category for Family History and DNA Link New Mexicans to Mexico, Part 1 in the National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest

2015
• First place in the poetry category for La yerbabuena in the National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest
• First place in poetry category for La yerbabuena in the New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest
• Third place in the photography and writing category for The Kings and Queens of the Duke City Taco Truck Boom in the New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest

Press Publications • Publicaciones de prensa

• “Authentic Esthetic / Estética Auténtica.” Popejoy Stage. Alburquerque, Volume 1, Number 1, p. 53, Fall 2019. Print.
• “Trump and Sanders Put New Mexico In The Political Spotlight” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University. June 3, 2016.
​• “Soccer: Common Ground Trouncing Borders.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University. October 17, 2015.
• “Movement to Change October 12 Holiday Rooted in History.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University. October 12, 2015.
• “El Cerro de Tomé: A Hill That Unites.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University. April 4, 2015.
• “Family History and DNA Links New Mexicans to Mexico, Part I and Part II.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University. April 2-9, 2015.
• “A December Tradition Gains Force In New Mexico.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University.  December 19, 2014.
• “The Kings and Queens of the Duke City Taco Truck Boom.” Frontera NorteSur. Las Cruces: New Mexico State University.  December 5, 2014.
• “New Associate Dean of Business Beat Odds.” New Mexico Daily Lobo. Alburquerque: University of New Mexico. May 2, 2001.
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