Aug 4, 2026 · 31 min · 12 segments
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This month on Voices of Taos, reporter and copy editor Emily Sender sits down for a conversation with Joella Ann Montoya, executive director of…
So you talked a little bit about the evolution of the organization from being the Taos Rape Crisis
When we started in 1978, yes, we've been here 48 years, it started off as Taos Rape Crisis Center, really because in those days that abuse was associated with rape, like physical abuse was associated with rape.
And so we've evolved into community against violence because that's what we're really working at reducing is violence in our
So in talking about the journey of the organization, I also read, I think it was in the letter you wrote when you became executive director at the end of 2023.
As a teenager, you'd become one of the first teen self-defense instructors in the country through CAV.
So I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about your story, how you got involved in CAV the first time into now being the executive director.
So you talked a little bit about the evolution of the organization from being the Taos Rape Crisis
When we started in 1978, yes, we've been here 48 years, it started off as Taos Rape Crisis Center, really because in those days that abuse was associated with rape, like physical abuse was associated with rape.
And so we've evolved into community against violence because that's what we're really working at reducing is violence in our
So in talking about the journey of the organization, I also read, I think it was in the letter you wrote when you became executive director at the end of 2023.
As a teenager, you'd become one of the first teen self-defense instructors in the country through CAV.
So I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about your story, how you got involved in CAV the first time into now being the executive director.
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