Author: Roxanne Eguia

Fiesta Noche del Rio, an Alamo Kiwanis Production, first performed in 1957, and has been a Riverwalk attraction ever since. Starting with the legendary Rosita Fernandez – San Antonio’s “First Lady of Song”, and creator and original performer – Fiesta Noche del Rio has continuously performed for hundreds of thousands of delighted patrons, without fail. Beginning in 1995 Noche del Rio was under the direction of Elizabeth “Lisa” Sanchez-Lopez, who directed, choreographed, and preformed as the lead female singer. In 2018, after 27 seasons, Lisa retired. Katie Rodriguez Hall was named director for the 2019 season. Katie, a former...

On Wednesday, May 29, The Autism Treatment Center (ATC) hosted a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its 20,000 sq. ft. new Learning and Opportunity Center for children and adults with autism. With this new facility, ATC is able to expand the capacity of its specialized education and vocational programs and add new services that address unmet needs for families of children and adults with autism in the San Antonio area. U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TX-23), ATC Board Member Ron Botello and Tracy Garcia, parent of an ATC student were there to make brief remarks....

For decades, Child Advocates of San Antonio has worked with some of the most vulnerable children in the community by acting as their eyes and ears out of the courtroom. On our 35th year anniversary they have kicked off a $5 million Capital Campaign to secure funds for new Headquarters on the southeast side of San Antonio with room for more volunteers. “We’ve been working behind the scenes to make this happen for well over a year and as you can see, our current training facility, we have outgrown [it] and to meet the community needs and serve more...