UA Pitcher Takes Her Game Overseas

Jennifer Martinez is used to traveling, to say the least.

Last May, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of pitching in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. for The University of Arizona’s softball team. But her most recent road trip spanned some 6,000 miles; every mile traveled was for the game she loves.

By Mateo Lorenzo Alvarez 26 April 2010 Read Article

Border Crossing for Love

Omar Rosales, 26, and Liz Vega, 24, met five years ago on the internet at CanalSonora.com. A new age match made in heaven.

The only difficulty in their relationship is Rosales lives in Tucson and Vega lives in Sonora, Mexico.

By Laurann Julia Faye Robinson 26 April 2010 Read Article

Mexican American Raza Studies

At an early age, Curtis Acosta felt he was different. A mixed child from a white mother and a Chicano father, the place where Acosta belonged was never really solidified.

“I self- identify as Chicano. It’s nothing against my mother’s family, it’s just how I live my life,” Acosta said.

By Laurann Julia Faye Robinson 26 April 2010 Read Article

Tucsonan Set for Fourth Tour of Duty

In just over a month, Staff Sgt. Weston Sadler will embark on his fourth tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force. Sadler, a Salt Lake City native stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, will head to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait to serve his country from afar for the fourth consecutive year.

By Mateo Lorenzo Alvarez 29 March 2010 Read Article

A Taste of History

Everyday Tucson residents enjoy the fabulous food that El Charro Café has to offer, most without knowing how this historic restaurant came to be.

By Laurann Robinson 24 March 2010 Read Article

Flying for the Environment

After spending a life-altering year in Mexico, Sandy Lanham decided to combine her passion for flying airplanes and her immense interest in marine life and desert habitat to single-handedly start the non-profit organization Environmental Flying Services.

By Jacquelyn Valerie Smith 09 March 2010 Read Article

Mexican Natives Represent School, Country on the Track

Some things just run in the family. This is true for two brothers on the track and field team at the University of Arizona. Among the many successes in athletics at the UA, the school can chalk-up another as they posted two Mexican-born track and field champions last month--the only two in the nation.

By Jeremy Hawkes 08 March 2010 Read Article

Don't Call Me 'Bi'

Twenty-two year old Patty Garcia prefers not to label herself.

By Nicky Hamila & Jocelyn Bresnick 05 March 2010 Read Article

Rodeo Boy

The last day of the 85th annual Tucson Rodeo on Feb. 28 was not hampered by the constant rainfall and muddy arena. This was good news for junior rodeo competitor, John Henry Gaona. 

By Amanda Portillo 03 March 2010 Read Article

Tucson Judge Wins Award for Picadiente Art

The only art class he ever took was required for his seventh grade curriculum, and he received a C. That was the moment when Jose Robles knew he "would never become an artist." Robles was recently named Painting/Mixed Media Winner by Arizona Attorney magazine.

By Bridget Miller 18 February 2010 Read Article

Award-Winning Nails in South Tucson

A male working as a nail technician on the Southside of Tucson draws attention but it is his award-winning skills and unique salon experience that have given him a well-established clientele.

By Matilde Cantero 16 February 2010 Read Article

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

Tony Edwards has been fascinated by tattoo artistry since he was eight. Like so many people dream of doing, Edwards turned his lifelong passion into a career that changed his life.

By Nicky Hamila and Jocelyn Bresnick 10 February 2010 Read Article

UA Soccer Star Goes International

On Dec. 20, 2009, University of Arizona sophomore Renae Cuellar headed out onto the pitch at Estadio do Pacaembu in São Paolo, Brazil. But this time, it was the world-renowned Federacion Mexico de Futbol logo emblazoned on the front of her jersey, rather than the Block A she had become accustomed to.

By Mateo Lorenzo Alvarez 01 February 2010 Read Article

Carmen's Kitchen

By Whitney Misenhimer 28 January 2010 Read Article

Music for the Ears

In the time that I have spent interviewing and getting to know Gustavo Beaklini, I have not figured him out completley.

By Tierra Prewitt 09 December 2009 Read Article

No Fear of Internal Conflicts

Aila Abernathy, the creator of the Guatemala Project is the type of strong willed woman who can be thrown into the most dire of circumstances and succeed without a hint of apprehension.

Every year Abernathy organizes volunteers to travel into the most remote locations to aid Guatemalans in need.

To this day she packs mules and hikes into the humid, over-grown jungles of areas still inflicted by internal warfare.

By Emily Jones 06 December 2009 Read Article

The Song and Dance of Saving Lives

Deep chestnut eyes and a charismatic smile do the walking while his fingers do the talking across guitair frets.  An odd activist-artist combination.

By Charles Golestani 20 November 2009 Read Article

Border Photographer:Blending in to Report

In setting out to see what those who live in border towns think of immigration, and all that is going on in terms of border issues these days, I never expected to find someone who moved out there specifically to immerse himself in the chaos.

By Samantha Luvisi 02 November 2009 Read Article

Josh Garcia: A Border Poet

Josh Garcia, a self proclaimed “Latin American mutt”, expresses a lot of his thoughts, emotions and life experiences through poetry that he pairs with his great understanding and connection to Latin America, as his father is from Guatemala and his Mother in from Peru.

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By Laura Lajiness 27 October 2009 Read Article

The Treasures of Trash

They wait for the phone call. They wait to hear the voices of their loved ones, who have left their homes in effort to attain better lives in America. However, for many families that phone call never comes.

By Christina Licata 13 October 2009 Read Article

Spanish Language Radio in Tucson

In order to get a feel for Tucson's Spanish radio traditions and culture, Sean Hillier asked Bob Diaz, Ernesto Portillo Jr., and Marco Otero, about what the industry means to them and their interests in it.

By Sean Hillier 12 October 2009 Read Article

QA: Photojournalist José Galvez

José Galvez is a photojournalist who has made a lifetime commitment to photograph the life of the Chicano and Mexican American communities in the United States.

By Roxana Vásquez 12 October 2009 Read Article

Artist Breaking Boundaries

Alfred Quiroz’s office, filled with inflatable animals, mannequins wearing wigs, and even a nude class photograph from his undergraduate studies, is almost as eccentric and charismatic as the man himself.

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By Ashlee Cain 05 October 2009 Read Article

Arizona Vineyards: A 19th Century Style Winery with a Little Flair

When driving near the U.S.- Mexico border along the Patagonia Highway just northeast of Nogales, Ariz., a rouge colored winery used to stand with bright blue columns, old wine barrels on top of a rickety wooden porch and a bright yellow sign that read, “Arizona Vineyards”.

“It was a 19th century style winery with a little flair,” said Arthur "Pierce" Ocheltree, son of the creator and owner of Arizona Vineyards, Arthur Bernard “Tino” Ocheltree. “It was known for it’s eccentric decorations and the lively characters that worked there.”

By Laura Lajiness 30 September 2009 Read Article

Community foundation fights poverty on the border

If you take a trip to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, you can see some of the least fortunate people in the town living in homes made of cardboard and sheets of metal.

Life is a 15-round heavyweight fight for these people, but Kari Davies-Mason is in their corner helping them punch back as much as she can.

By Sean Hillier 26 September 2009 Read Article