Tag: Vida Sunday
McAllen native emerging as young Hollywood storyteller
One evening in 2016 when Gabriela Flores was a junior at McAllen’s Memorial High School, she was in her parent’s bedroom begging them to...
UTRGV Latino theater organization takes part in international festival
BY SOL MEZTLI GARCIA
Carolina Perez-Jaber has taken on many roles as a member of University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Latino Theater Initiatives organization,...
DHR Health pharmacists leading vaccination efforts find love, strength in each other
EDINBURG — When Annette Ozuna gets overwhelmed from leading the COVID-19 vaccine initiative at the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance here, she can just look across...
McAllen native Sada pursuing cinematography dreams with ‘Walker’ job
Sebastian Sada’s fascination for filmmaking can be traced back to the countless MTV music videos he would watch as a young boy after school....
RGV native Avrel Seale details journey in memoir
It was a Friday afternoon in January 2018, and Avrel Seale was on his way out of work. He’s had his backpack on and...
Organizations announce spring event plans amid pandemic
Springtime in the Rio Grande Valley is synonymous with a season of local, lively festivals following a variety of themes, some including citrus, onions...
Former McAllen poet laureate’s publishing company finds connection in book of poetry by Leslie...
When Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras-Schwartz approached Edward Vidaurre with her latest poetry book “Black Dove/Paloma Negra,” the editor-in-chief of FlowerSong Press, a McAllen...