Arts & Culture

La Prensa Texas was established in 1913, making it the oldest bilingual newspaper in Texas. Born as the voice of the Mexican exile community, it defended its readers' views and challenged public policy on both sides of the border.

From the very beginning it was more than headlines. La Prensa documented our families, our leaders, our neighborhoods, our celebrations, our struggles and our victories. Some even considered it almost like an art magazine, because of the way it celebrated creativity and visual storytelling.

For nearly 50 years it thrived as the leading Spanish-language newspaper in South Texas, and at one point was the most widely circulated Spanish-language newspaper in the United States.

After decades of absence, the Duran family brought La Prensa back to San Antonio in 2018, reviving the name that generations of families grew up with and returning it to the newsstands of the community it was created to serve.

The rebirth restored the paper's founding spirit: a community paper, by and for our community, in English and Spanish.

Today, La Prensa Texas enters a new chapter under the ownership and leadership of Publisher Yvette Tello, a Latina media owner carrying forward the legacy of one of San Antonio's most historic bilingual publications.

Her leadership represents more than ownership, it represents the preservation of a community voice that has endured since 1913. Through print, digital media, podcasting, community engagement and culturally rooted storytelling, Tello is expanding what La Prensa Texas can be while protecting what generations before her worked to build.

In 2026, that legacy takes another bold step forward with the launch of We The Women, a national movement born from the same spirit that has sustained La Prensa Texas for more than a century: telling our own stories, protecting our history, using our voices and creating space for the next generation.