Arnold Valdez
Arnold Valdez, principal of Valdez and Associates and Rezolana Farm in San Luis, Colorado, obtained an MArch at the University of New Mexico in 1992.
He was recognized as a George Pearl Fellow in 2008 for his work in the UNM Historic Preservation and Regionalism Graduate Certificate Program. As an adjunct associate professor at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning he taught courses in alternative materials and methods of construction, cultural landscape planning, preservation technologies and adaptive reuse. He also co-taught seminars on recording historic resources on Route 66- HABS Measured Drawings, and HAER-acequia documentation for La Cienga and La Bajada Acequias. The courses collaborated with the National Park Service, Santa Fe County and the Graduate Certificate Program in Historic Preservation at UNM. Currently, Mr. Valdez is owner operator of Rezolana Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown farm specializing in heirloom crops/seeds and industrial hemp.