Since it’s launch in March of 2007, V-me, the first U.S. Hispanic Network to partner with public television stations, has become the fastest growing Spanish language network in history.  New Mexico In Focus co-host Gene Grant interviews its President and CEO, Carmen DiRienzo, in her visit to the KNME studio.

Then it’s co-host David Alire Garcia on a tour of the National Hispanic Cultural Center with its incoming director, Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez, and a sneak peek at an amazing fresco that is a work in progress in the Center’s torreon.

Plus, in honor of Independence Day, Gene Grant and The Line panelists discuss patriotism.

We finish the show with a tribute to the “fire and passion” of a Notable New Mexican, flamenco dancer Maria Benitez.