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San Antonio TikTok personality Christine Ahuyon struggles to find affordable housing for the disabled

September 8, 2022 By Kayla Padilla Leave a Comment

Local TikTok personality Christine Ahuyon has found few options when it comes to affordable housing that’s also made for those with disabilities.

Filed Under: Housing, People, Profiles Tagged With: Cattleman Square Lofts, Christine Ahuyon, disABILITY SA, John F. Kennedy High School, John F. Kennedy Park, Melanie Cawthon, Opportunity Home San Antonio

Spelling Bee champion Harini Logan of San Antonio given key to the Alamo

June 25, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

National Spelling Bee Champion Harini Logan (left) and Kate Rogers, Executive Director of The Alamo Trust, Inc., pose for a photo in front of the Alamo on Friday, June 24, 2022. Harini was given the first Key to the Alamo.

Three weeks after winning the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Harini Logan, was presented with the first Key to the Alamo award on Friday afternoon.

Filed Under: Alamo, Miscellaneous, People Tagged With: Alamo, City Council, Harini Logan, J. Alex Ruiz, Kate Rogers, Logan Anjaneyulu, Naren Logan, Rampriya Logan, Roshani Chokshi, Scripps National Spelling Bee

An evening with El Niño Fidencio, a Mexican curandero

December 28, 2021 By Kayla Padilla 4 Comments

Jonathan Ray Coronialla opened his yerberia, Botanica los Misterios, on the south side of San Antonio 10 years ago as a positive place for spiritual and physical healing for the community, he said on Dec. 2, 2021.

Though I had gone into Botanica Los Misterios to interview the owner about the herb shop’s maintenance during the Covid-19 pandemic, our conversation took a turn when he mentioned El Niño Fidencio, a Mexican curandero.

Filed Under: Business, Miscellaneous, People, Religion, South Side Tagged With: botanica, Botanica Los Misterios, Covid-19, curandero, El Niño Fidencio, Jonathon Ray Coronilla, Pauline Coronilla, South Side, yerberia

Artist celebrated at Esperanza’s Día de los Muertos event where she volunteered

November 5, 2021 By Kayla Padilla 4 Comments

An altar by Blanca Rivera honors her friend Angie Merla, who was a volunteer at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, during the center's annual Día de los Muertos event at the Rinconcito de Esperanza arts hub on the West Side.

Angie Merla, an artist and long-time volunteer at the Esperanza’s Día de los Muertos event, was honored with an ofrenda after she died of cancer earlier this year.

Filed Under: Art, Día de los Muertos, Holidays, Obituary, People, West Side Tagged With: Angie Merla, Blanca Rivera, Boys & Girls Club, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, MujerArtes, Rinconcito de Esperanza

Who’s served by truly affordable housing? Meet the Medinas

August 31, 2021 By Maggie Ryan 1 Comment

Cora Medina spends time with her children after getting home from work.

Often, low-income housing is boiled down to numbers. We hardly ever talk to the people who live in these units. Meet Cora Medina, who found her footing in life thanks to the Terraces at Haven for Hope.

Filed Under: Homelessness, Housing, People, Profile, West Side Tagged With: Ana Sandoval, Brad McMurray, Cora Medina, Cris Medina, LIHTCs, low-income housing tax credits, Maids on a Mission, Marc Levesque, NRP Group, Prospera Housing and Community Services, Scott Ackerson, Terraces at Haven for Hope, Village at Perrin Beitel, Village North 2

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