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FRONTeras Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2 Issue At just twelve years old, Dagoberto Rios III plays with more than talent-he plays with vision. People call him Daguito, but there's nothing childlike about what he does with an accordion in his hands. He didn't grow into music. He was born into it. On his father's side, his grandfather, José V. Rodríguez of Huatempo-a small community in the municipio of Ciudad Mier-played the accordion with soul and instinct. On his mother's side, Alejand

FRONTeras Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2 Issue

Seventy-Five Reasons to Believe You walk in through the front door to a table full of pastries, charcuterie boxes, hot coffee, and personalized cookies. Everything looks welcoming, intentional. Off to one side, a room buzzes softly as scholarship recipients get their makeup done. Another space holds racks of clothes—outfits that each student brought for their photo session. In the main room, a professional photographer waits, lights adjusted, lens focused, as scholarship reci

FRONTeras Magazine 2025 Vol.1 No.1 Issue Before the balloon arches and neon signs. Before the Instagram-worthy backdrops and glittering marquee letters. Before you could only rent a prop by booking an entire salon, Brenda Elicerio knew that setup wasn't practical. With a tape measure in one hand and a dream in the other, she launched her own event prop rental business. La Madrina officially launched in 2018. Exactly one month later, the first gig came in: someone needed props

FRONTeras Magazine 2025 Vol.1 No.1 Issue

"They're here," Berenice breathed, hand resting comfortably on Karla's shoulder. The delivery van backed up to the white house they had prepared for the vulture bees, and Berenice was beside herself. She shifted from foot to foot, the events of the day before making no dent in the apiarist in her. The driver got out with a tablet and walked over to them. "Who's signing?" "That'd be me," Berenice said. With a smile, the driver handed over the tablet that was actually full of b

Judith Zaffirini started at the bottom of the Texas Senate hierarchy in 1987, ranked number 30 out of 31 members. Thirty-seven years later, she ascended to the highest position when former Senator John Whitmire resigned on December 31, 2023, to become Houston's mayor. She became the first woman Dean of the Senate, succeeding 24 men who held the title since 1909. Senators look to the Dean for guidance on protocol, decorum, traditions, and knowledge. Zaffirini earned this disti

As Texas braces for arctic weather to blanket the entire state, Texans prepare with bottled water, shelf-stable food, and fuel for their generators. Seemingly, Latino families prepare for the cold weather with comfort food like arroz con leche, hot chocolate, conchas and marranitos, but winter wouldn't be winter without the iconic San Marcos. A what? A San Marcos is a blanket, not to exaggerate or be biased, that rivals your abuelita's warm embrace. A San Marcos is a family v

That person calling you an idiot in the comments section might not even be a person. Cybersecurity firm Imperva dropped a bombshell in its 2025 report: for the first time in a decade, automated bots surpassed human activity, accounting for fifty-one percent of all web traffic in 2024. Machines now outnumber humans online. Bad bots alone comprise thirty-seven percent of all internet traffic, reaching their highest level since tracking began in 2013. These aren't just spam acco

Scrolling through our social media feeds, we’ve all seen those repetitive reminders: “Register to vote.” “Check your registration status.” “Make sure your voice counts.” They appear so often that after a while, they almost blur into the digital background noise. Most of us scroll past, assuming our registration is fine—that because we voted last time, everything must still be in order. But the other day, I decided to click one of those links. And what happened next was a wake

You know the one. The flowered nightgown your abuela wore, long enough to sweep the floor, high-necked, long-sleeved, probably with tiny pockets that held nothing but lint and power. It wasn't pretty. It wasn't sexy. And somehow, it was everything. And those batas got results. The vata doesn’t seduce—it commands. It’s a uniform for women who build lives, raise hell, and don’t try to impress no one. Cuenta la leyenda que with one single vata, a woman could secure ten kids, a p

The Academy of Tejano Music announced its sixth annual Premios Tejano Mundial ceremony will take place February 5, 2026, at San Antonio's Shrine Auditorium. The red carpet will showcase a lineup of Tejano stars competing for honors across six categories, along with lifetime achievement awards and performances from established and emerging artists. The performer roster includes Conjunto Cats, Los Arcos Hermanos Peña, Elijah Ezequiel, Bianca Ruiz, Luis AG, and Los Heartbreakers

TikTok discovered Japanese cheesecake. The original version embodied restraint: one cup of light yogurt, four Biscoff cookies submerged until soft. Two ingredients. Total damage? Maybe 200 calories. A civilized afternoon snack that respected both taste buds and metabolic reality. Then America got involved. The trend metastasized into something unrecognizable. Suddenly, the algorithm filled with videos of people layering strawberry puree, extra cookies, whipped cream, chocolat

MAGA women have a look. Heavy foundation several shades too dark. Severe contouring that photographs like war paint. Aggressively blonde hair. Exaggerated lashes clumping together like spider legs. Lips pumped full of filler. Spray tans that stop at the jawline. This isn't accidental or incompetence. This isn't a regional beauty trends gone rogue. This is deliberate. This is look is optimized for one specific audience: conservative men. The phenomenon has earned its own Wikip

"My name is Sam Vale. In addition to owning and operating a private port of entry that the rent you pay could support all the others for 1,000 years, it is something we feel efficiencies at the ports are of utmost importance to our border security." Samuel F. Vale delivered those words in 2009 before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chairman Chuck Schumer had invited him to testify about securing America's borders and points of entry. Vale spoke with authority about customs po

Kanye West has issued a very public apology. In a recent Vanity Fair interview, the artist formerly known as Ye addressed skepticism surrounding his apology letter, insisting the gesture stems from genuine emotional distress rather than commercial strategy. "This, for me, as evidenced by the letter, isn't about reviving my commerciality," West stated. "This is because these remorseful feelings were so heavy on my heart and weighing on my spirit." The statement raises an uncom

There are moments when words feel too fragile to hold the truth. When a life is taken so suddenly, so publicly, language seems to break under the weight of it. That’s what happened on a Minnesota street, where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed before witnesses, cameras, and a world that already feels too familiar with scenes like this. To call it an act of violence feels too small. To call it shocking feels dishonest, because there’s nothing new about this kind of loss, only