{"id":30849,"date":"2011-08-01T13:48:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=30849"},"modified":"2011-08-01T13:48:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T19:48:31","slug":"article-looks-at-martinez%e2%80%99s-scaling-of-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/08\/article-looks-at-martinez%e2%80%99s-scaling-of-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Article looks at Martinez\u2019s scaling of walls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Susana Martinez<\/p><\/div>\n

The Santa Fe New Mexican went in-depth this weekend in a profile of Gov. Susana Martinez<\/a>, pointing out that she has been \u201cscaling walls since she was a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the article:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 11 and of a mind to ignore her mother\u2019s warning, she couldn\u2019t stop herself from trying to conquer the garden wall bordering her family\u2019s three-bedroom, 1,400-square-foot Thomas Manor brick home in El Paso.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Don\u2019t run on that wall, Susana,\u2019 her mother, Paula Aguirre, would tell her. \u2018You\u2019re going to fall.\u2019 Little Susana would climb the cinder-block wall anyway and start racing with a friend along the narrow, rounded top of the wall.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I fell and cut my thigh,\u2019 Martinez said. \u2018I didn\u2019t cry. I just remember thinking, \u2018Oh no!\u2019 I was more afraid of my mom.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Martinez\u2019s father, Jacobo Martinez, was a boxer, so her mother had experience caring for wounds. When Aguirre poured peroxide onto her wound, Susana clenched her teeth. The peroxide foam gurgling from the bloody gash caused her to throw up the cherry Icee in her tummy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she did not cry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a moment of truth that has lasted a lifetime in ways big and small. Now, 41 years later, that little girl has grown up to be governor of New Mexico, and Martinez still bears the elongated, almond-shaped scar on her left thigh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a larger sense, the challenge of the wall and her mother\u2019s talent for patching things up became symbols. She learned the quality of perseverance in her Hispanic home, and has used it to succeed as a prosecutor and politician.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article includes some insight about New Mexico\u2019s governor that I\u2019ve not read elsewhere. Check it out by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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