West Texas Office
Preservation Texas’s West Texas Regional Field office is based out of the West Texas Heritage Center in downtown El Paso. The office provides historic preservation support and resources for a 9-county region west of the Pecos River.
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West Texas Program Officer
VICTOR HURTADO
Victor Hurtado is Preservation Texas’s West Texas Program Officer. A native of El Paso, Victor is passionate about preserving local cultural heritage. He is an alumnus of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he held full-time administrative staff positions from 2020-2024. He obtained a BA in art history and is completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from UTEP. Victor also served for two years on El Paso’s Historic Landmark Commission and completed internships with The Trost Society and the Texas Historical Commission’s Division of Architecture and Community Heritage Development Division in Austin. While with The Trost Society, Victor was involved in mapping all known buildings by leading El Paso-based architect Henry C. Trost (1860-1933).
Contact Victor: hurtado@preservationtexas.org
West Texas Heritage Center Associate
PAULINA VALDEZ-TENA
Paulina is Preservation Texas’s part-time West Texas Heritage Center Associate. Paulina is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a double major in Graphic Design and Art History. Her experience includes graphic design work for UTEP Student Affairs and a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institution, where she contributed to an educational Learning Lab on social justice. Paulina has presented her research and artwork at events such as Historia Expone, the UTEP Focus Talks, and the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. She is fluent in Spanish and English and brings a strong background in visual communication and arts education.
Contact Paulina:
wtxhc@preservationtexas.org
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