by Dr. Ricardo Romo | May 3, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Joel Salcido grew up in El Paso and his proficiency in English and Spanish, as well as his profound biculturalism, proved ideal for his life-long interest in photographing life and culture in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain. In his early years as a media...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 28, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
By Dr. Ricardo Romo “ A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers” John F. Kennedy. On a sunny Good Friday morning, April 19, 2019, the Fox Tech Vietnam Memorial Wall arrived at the front entrance of San...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 28, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
The cover art of this week’s issue is part of Jesse Trevino’s monumental mural, the “Spirit of Healing,” a mosaic tile masterpiece constructed on eight floors of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. Jesse Trevino, one of America’s premier Latino artists, grew up in the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 22, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Born in 1915, Americo Paredes, rose to become the founder of Mexican American Folklore in America and creator of Mexican American Studies in Texas. In 1937, Paredes published his first poems in La Prensa of San Antonio. Paredes, a native of Brownsville, studied at the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 22, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Paola Delfin, the cover artist for this issue, was born and raised in Mexico City. She grew up admiring the vibrant murals of great Mexican masters such as Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. As a child Delfin was constantly drawing and making sketches on small...
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