Faith Healer "Curandera" Maria Contreras (CQ), 46, listens to one of her clients during an appointment Sunday July 3, 2005 at her home in Lakewood. At the age of nine when Contreras had a calling to leave her native El Salvador, she crossed the border to
MARIA J. AVILA, Faith Healer "Curandera" Maria Contreras (CQ), 46, listens to one of her clients during an appointment Sunday July 3, 2005 at her home in Lakewood. At the age of nine when Contreras had a calling to leave her native El Salvador, she crossed the border to , [432211099] . Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/704341