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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

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

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

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

The Rio Grande Valley has built its reputation on many things. Following trends with religious devotion ranks high on that list. The Dubai chocolate. The matcha lattes. Those have passed. Welcome to the Biscoff craze. You can see it everywhere: Biscoff conchas, Biscoff tres leches cake, Biscoff coffee, Somewhere between pumpkin spice season and the great oat milk revolution, Biscoff cookies infiltrated the RGV's consciousness like a paletero's bell on a Sunday afternoon. You

Sunday was brutally cold. Most people stayed inside. Food Not Bombs RGV showed up at Archer Park anyway with hot plates, used clothing, and a small pantry. Archer Park sits at 101 N Main Street in downtown McAllen. The 1.8-acre space features a gazebo, benches, and sidewalks where the city hosts community events. Online reviews describe it as well-maintained but note "occasional homeless individuals nearby" as something visitors should expect. It's not that the park has a spe

The Rio Grande Valley is running out of digits, and the cultural implications cut deeper than logistics. The 956 area code, synonymous with Valley identity since its 1997 assignment, will exhaust its available number combinations by early 2027, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administration. State regulators plan to announce a new overlay code sometime in 2026, forcing the region into a telecommunications identity crisis that residents never requested. The mech

Americans worship college degrees like they mean something beyond passing tests and writing papers. A diploma hanging on the wall supposedly proves intelligence, leadership ability, critical thinking. During election season, this assumption becomes genuinely dangerous when candidates treat their educational résumés as qualification enough for public office. Education and intelligence share a relationship, but they are not the same thing. Research shows schooling can improve c

At Dr. Daria Milton’s clinics, care starts with the staff—not just the patients. On Friday morning, the phones go quiet. Calls are transferred, screens light up, and 47 employees across four South Texas offices—Rio Grande City, Escobares, Zapata, and the posh Pediatric Care Center Corporate Office—log into Zoom for an in-house training. Lili Ojeda, the Administrative Director, is what happens when you mix tough love with just a sprinkle of casual Friday. She has a pleasant BR

Country music singer John Rich showed up on Tucker Carlson's podcast in December 2025 and butchered scripture like someone who's never read past a single verse. "Another misconception that a lot of Christians have is that Jesus wants everybody to get along," Rich announced during the December 1st interview. "He did not say that. Jesus said, I came not to bring peace, but to bring a sword, to divide mother against father, father against son, brother against brother, because wh

Thousands of people rang in 2025 standing on the Brooklyn Bridge in freezing temperatures, phones out, waiting for fireworks that were never going to happen. The show they came for existed only in their feeds. Days before New Year's Eve, TikTok and Instagram accounts flooded social media with videos showing spectacular fireworks exploding over the Brooklyn Bridge. Some footage was pure AI fabrication. Other videos recycled genuine clips from Fourth of July celebrations, repac

Not all friendships are created equal. Some people will bleed you dry and act shocked when you finally cut them loose. Start with the emotional dumpers. You know the type. They show up, unload their entire psychological inventory like you're a storage unit, then bounce feeling refreshed while you're left processing their unresolved trauma. Venting and genuine emotional processing are different sports. One is screaming into the void for temporary relief. The other requires sit

Rome - Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, legendary Italian fashion designer, has peacefully passed at the age of 93. Garavani opened a fashion house on Via Condotti in Italy. Known by the V logo, Valentino served as the creative director and influencer of the house from 1959 until around 2008. "Valentino Red" became a symbol of the fashion icon. His love for the color seemingly stemmed from the opera Carmen, a Spanish bel canto, that filled a stage with impressive red cos