AHCC Staff Member of The Week!

My name is Cecilia Marquez, a staff member of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce (AHCC) Convention and Tourism (C&T) team for the last 23 years, and have worked in the same department for the entire time. I moved to Albuquerque in 1982 from a small town west of the city and have lived here ever since. I love Albuquerque, I call it my second “home”.

When I first moved here I attended TVI (It’s now CNM.) I took Auto Mechanics, and then after that Office Occupations. I worked as an auto mechanic for 2 years and supported myself, but eventually moved into an office job at Kirtland Air Force Base.  After that, I worked at Kirtland at their Credit Union for 11 years.  I climbed the ranks there and then decided I needed a change and started working at the AHCC (C&T.)

Still, to this day, my first Vice President teases me that I came in one day and kept coming back every day to volunteer and wouldn't leave – so she had no choice but to hire me.

I love Albuquerque and New Mexico, so promoting Albuquerque as a convention, event or tourism destination comes easily to me. I’m a native New Mexican, and I’m very proud of that!  New Mexico was, is and will always be my home. I do many jobs from A-Z (Director to Services) here at the Hispano Chamber “we do it all”!  And I’m proud to say I do each and every job: with all my heart.