Author: Dr. Ricardo Romo

San Antonioians have celebrated Mexican Independence Day since 1821. The have every reason to do so. Although San Antonio was nearly 800 miles away from where Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla first launched his famous rebellion...

My grandfather, Jose Maria Saenz, came to America in 1882, the year of the first Labor Day parade in New York City. He came to Texas from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon where work was scarce and salaries seldom matched the hard...

Recent interest in Latino art in San Antonio and Houston is not surprising. This interest was long overdue. A recent exhibit in Houston, Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio (April 21-August 5, 2018) focused on San Antonio Latino...

Young Cleto Rodriguez moved to the Westside of San Antonio at the age of nine to live with relatives after the death of both this parents. After working as a newsboy at the downtown Gunter Hotel, he joined the United States Army...

Carlos Cadena’s family came to San Antonio from Mexico in 1907. His father returned to Mexico when Cadena, the youngest of seven children, was still a child. His mother, Dolores Espinosa Larranaga, spoke only Spanish and...