Elaine Ayala

6 days ago | expressnews.com | Elaine Ayala

It's been years since Roman Palomares saw a Fiesta parade, let alone be in one. But last weekend, the national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens came back to his hometown to have breakfast at Mi Tierra with members of the legendary Snakepit Society, to visit with local LULAC leaders and to see a Fiesta parade from a distinct perspective - aboard a float in the nation's largest illuminated parade.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Elaine Ayala

Henry Cisneros recalls exactly when his lifelong interest in and affinity for Japan began. It was 1973. He was in the nation's capital. The young man who grew up on Monterey Street on the city's West Side, who would become mayor of a major U.S. city and a cabinet secretary, was a White House fellow then. Article continues below this adThe prestigious program draws bright, emerging leaders to work at the highest levels of the U.S. government.

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Elaine Ayala

Long before Adriana Quiñones arrived in San Antonio early this year to forge Arboretum San Antonio into existence, she was in love with the city. Its culture, people, history and great expanse impressed her, so did the influence of Mexican American political, civic, business and cultural professionals. In fact, she tried to get here much earlier when she applied for a job at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Article continues below this adQuiñones, 59, says she came in second.

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Elaine Ayala

It didn't take long to deport Jackie Cardenas. For the San Antonio wife, mother of two and stepmother to her husband Robert Joseph Cardenas' 19-year-old son, it took about 10 hours. That morning in mid-March, she left her Northeast Side home, got in her car and set off to her waitressing job at the Molino Rojo Café on Nacogdoches Road, where she had worked for 13 years. Article continues below this adSoon after she left, she was pulled over.

1 month ago | star-telegram.com | Elaine Ayala

Blame Chip Roy. The hard-right Republican congressman who represents parts of San Antonio and Austin introduced a bill in Congress that, if passed, will up-end the way citizens register to vote and cast ballots. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE, will save only the Republicans and a political party long at work trying to suppress U.S. voting rights. It will require that voters present proof of citizenship in person. Again, blame Chip Roy.