Vincent Davis

San Antonio

General Assignments and Features Reporter at MYSA

General Assignments and Features Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

General Assignments and features reporter for EN Communities and Metro section at the San Antonio Express-News.

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Articles

Chemo took their coach's hair. So they shaved their heads, too.

6 days ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Clad in their jerseys, the student-athletes filed into the Highlands High School athletic center to take part in a special drill. This one wasn't to help them improve on the field. It was to show some love for head baseball coach and special education teacher Eugene Briseño. In September 2024, doctors told Briseño they'd detected a spot on his gall bladder. The diagnosis was cancer. In February, he had surgery and began the chemotherapy treatments that caused his loss of hair.
For one San Antonio family, nursing is a shared calling

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

As long as twins Geneva Joy Alex and John Gabriel "Gabe" Pavo can remember, their mother, Annabelle Pavo, always worked the night shift as a nurse. They'd be asleep until 11 p.m., when the rumble of the garage door opening awakened them. Through sleepy eyes, they'd see their mother greeting them with sweets from the hospital gift shop. "Here are your ring pops," she'd tell them. Article continues below this adThrough all the years of late-night shifts, she never missed a school function.
San Antonio aerialist helps students get their dreams off the ground

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Dessany Romero had just turned 23 years old when she walked into a local gym and found herself staring at long strips of fabric that were hanging from the ceiling. The worn columns of fabric were for gymnasts performing aerial silks - a form of aerial arts where performers engage in acrobatics while hanging from the fabric. Article continues below this adRomero's curious gaze caught the attention of a female gymnast.
Seniors lead by example instructing nursing students at this S.A. senior center

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Ali Smith and her fellow blue scrubs-clad nursing students weren't sure what to expect when they stepped inside the Doris Griffin Senior Center One Stop Center for their latest assignment. Administrative assistants greeted the students - all from the Galen College of Nursing San Antonio - and then Smith and her classmates fanned out across the center, where members invited them to take part in a flurry of activities.
Meet the man whose mission is to keep San Antonio moving

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

The Air Force veteran and his wife were in need of help. The veteran couldn't walk without assistance, and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs had signed off on paying buying him a motorized scooter. The problem: It would take two and a half months before the scooter was shipped to him.
Racism couldn't stop San Antonio colonel from making his mark

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

In the early 1950s, change was rippling through society. Separate but equal laws divided American civilian sectors by race. The United States military branches were dealing with dismantling regulations that segregated non-whites from whites. That ripple was felt at Donaldson Air Force Base in South Carolina. In July 1953, Edward D. Young Jr. was among about 15 men who were candidates to become second lieutenants in the Air Force. Five of the candidates, including Young, were Black.
Grandaddy represented his family in style

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

In a tattered photo album, pressed between clear plastic and a three-hole binder, is a half-dollar sized photo that my mother, Valeria Cardona Trinidad, always said was of her father, Wiley L. Ross Sr. There's a debate among family members whether the sepia-toned photo is actually him. If it is, he is dapper and eternally young, his bowler hat tipped to the side. He casts a wide smile, clad in a tailored, three-piece suit with a striped tie.
Nonprofit, city team up to ease heat threat for South San residents

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

For many summers, Sara Cano couldn't get a good night's sleep. Her 91-year-old mother, María de Jesus Lopez, and her sister and mother's caregiver, Rosolva Cervantes, lived in a home with faulty air conditioning in the South San neighborhood. She worried they could suffer from heat-related health issues as temperatures rose during the Texas summer.
He's telling San Antonio's story, one photo at a time

2 months ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Encased in black photograph frames, faces of San Antonio shine in the glare of overhead studio lights. There's a girl tasting vanilla ice cream at the San Antonio Rodeo. A bearded man, who lives on downtown streets and picks up litter at Travis Park, gazes into the distance. A young woman, her face framed by long locks, gives a wide, half-moon smile. They share space with photos of stay-at-home parents, retirees and small business owners.
A former Rey Feo hasn't lost his love for Fiesta or philanthropy

2 months ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

When Fernando Reyes' great-grandmother took him to Fiesta for the first time, it was a revelation. The wide-eyed youngster marveled at the sights and sounds of the carnival that traveling workers had set up downtown. The aroma of cotton candy and roasted corn lingered at the fairground, brimming with games and rides. Screams echoed from amusement rides that twirled, swirled and whirled riders in the air.