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2026 FRONTeras Magazine 1st Quarter Issue Revival Coffee began with a name before it had a following. When the shop opened on April 21, 2023, the word Revival was not a marketing hook or aesthetic choice but a declaration, rooted in faith and reinforced daily through restraint, consistency, and an unwillingness to rush what was still taking shape. Owned by Marisol and Jimmy Bruce, the shop offers specialty drinks within a welcoming atmosphere shaped by a faith-based mission.

2026 FRONTeras Magazine 1st Quarter Issue Bolero 3 did not form in a garage with ambition or matching outfits. They formed the way most things in Roma, Texas, form. Around family. Around memory. Around the appreciation for music that is not in fashion anymore. The trio emerged from the Lozano household, where Boy Lozano performs alongside his wife, Isabel Lozano, and their son, Carlos Gabriel Lozano, known as Gabey. It is a family group in the truest sense. Music moves throug

2026 FRONTeras Magazine 1st Quarter Issue Elodia "Lolita" Briones never imagined her life as something to be narrated. Her days have accumulated quietly, shaped by labor and obligation, while building a life she's proud of. Before anyone knew her food, they knew her personality. A woman of God with short hair, her chest always covered by a delantal, who raised three children inside a rhythm defined by responsibility. Lolita came from General Zuazua, in the northeastern Mexica

Michelle Obama said something on a recent episode of her "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson" podcast that made people squirm in their seats. "We are not friends with our kids." The June 2025 episode, which featured psychologist Jonathan Haidt discussing social media's impact on children, sparked the kind of discomfort that was immediate and predictable. Parents rushed to defend their close relationships with their children, insisting they could be both authority figure

Ben Palmer runs a fake immigration hotline that traps bigots in their own words. The TikToker, who commands 3.9 million followers, created what he describes as a deportation reporting line that people genuinely believe is legitimate. His latest catch proves that cruelty doesn't take a day off, not even in elementary school. A kindergarten teacher called Palmer's fake hotline wanting to deport the parents of a five or six-year-old student at her school. The video documenting t

At some point, usually somewhere between a sink full of dishes and a boy being praised for "helping" his mother, we taught our sons a quiet lie. We told them that cooking and cleaning were favors. Optional. Charitable. Something you do when a woman is busy, tired, or unavailable. We wrapped basic survival skills in politeness and called it good parenting. And then we acted surprised when grown men didn't know how to feed themselves, keep a home, or understand why their partne

Tim Smith arrived in the Rio Grande Valley in December 1981 because it was snowing in Indiana and the recruitment photos showed palm trees. That meteorological refugee decision turned into a 44-year tenure that transformed a weekend weather forecaster into something closer to regional deity. The Indiana University journalism graduate took a weekend gig at KRGV-TV Channel 5, worked under the late Lee Lindsey, and got promoted to Chief Forecaster by 1983. Most people would coas

2025 FRONTeras Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2 Issue It always starts with something everybody wants-something other people have. And suddenly, it becomes something everybody has. Right now, it's Dubai chocolate. You've seen it. That glossy, thick chocolate being poured like hot tar over pancakes, cookies, strawberries, conchas, tres leches cake, brownies, you name it, it's been done. The streets are flooded with it. Every café, home baker, and Instagram hustler is selling it. Dubai ch

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2025 FRONTeras Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1 Issue In the spring of 1968, classrooms across Los Angeles emptied as thousands of Chicano students staged walkouts. They weren't protesting because they didn't care -they were protesting because they did. At the center of this bold stand was Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln High School who believed education was never just about grades—it was about dignity and pride. Salvador B. Casro was born on October 25, 1933, in East Los Angeles. He

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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

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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

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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