Portrait of North Las Vegas Mayor Earl Hartke (right) meeting with U.S. Senator from Nevada Howard Cannon (center) and an unidentified woman in Washington, D.C.
Portrait of lawyer, J. Kell Houssels, Jr.. He was the son of John Kell (J. Kell) Houssels, Sr., operator of the El Cortez, Showboat, and Tropicana casinos.
Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos.