Our music superstars sounded and looked a little bit different, one woman, in particular. She was known as La Reina del Tex Mex, the Queen of Tejano music: Selena Quintanilla.
Vivian Cabrera
Vivian Cabrera is a former assistant editor at America Media. She is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas, Houston, and is attending the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, in New York.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
America’s Summer Reading Guide
I surveyed America editors and staff to get a list of titles they would recommend for a quick summer read—or perhaps lengthy reading project.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How I learned to love Cinco de Mayo
I used to get angry that people didn’t really know the Mexico I knew and loved. Angry at everyone who donned the sombreros and ate Taco Bell and shouted “Happy Cinco de Mayo!”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Meet the Catholic graffiti artist who created a giant St. Thomas Aquinas mural in Texas
The final design of the graffiti mural, along with the choice of artist to paint it, were great ways to highlight the bold moves the university was making.
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This Christmas, unwrap a tamale
Growing up in a Mexican-American household in the southern United States, we didn’t have snow days. What we did have were tamales. Lots and lots of tamales.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
America’s Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide
We hope this helps all you last-minute shoppers. And, don’t worry: You can also use this list as a last-minute gift guide Feast of the Epiphany (we won’t tell).
Posted inCommunity, Faith
Introducing America’s Digital Advent Calendar
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Posted inArts & Culture, Television
In Texas, all roads lead to tacos
In “The Tacos of Texas,” Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece explore Texas through the eyes of the taqueros, chefs, owners and abuelitas (“grannies”) responsible for taco culture.
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From Pinterest to cookbooks, how to cook like a Catholic
“The Catholic Cook Book,” published in 1965, is exactly that: a cookbook for Catholics and those who want to learn about Catholicism and how it relates to food.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My prayer for fellow survivors of abuse
Rest assured, my brothers and sisters, Jesus feels your hurt.