Adriana Maria Garcia was born in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Bachelors of Fine Art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and also studied art at La Universidad Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. Adriana has worked extensively as an artist, set designer, educator, actor ...more

Alberto Mijangos was born in 1925 in Mexico City.  Mijangos’ early artistic training was accomplished at the Academia de Bellas Artes.  As a young man, he observed Diego Rivera as he painted the National Palace murals. Mijangos’ father was an affluent piano store owner.  ...more

American Sunrise is the non-profit organization started by Henry Cisneros, former San Antonio City Councilman and Mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton; American Sunrises mission is to proide programs and services that build affordable housing, rehabili ...more

The Avenida Guadalupe Association (AGA) is a nonprofit community development corporation and neighborhood association, founded in 1979, whose mission is to “economically transform the lives of the Avenida neighborhood residents and businesses.” The AGA’s highly successful projec ...more

Bryan V. Callaghan Jr., (1852-1912), was a political boss, county judge, and mayor of San Antonio.  Callaghan was elected alderman in San Antonio in 1879. In 1883 he became city recorder, and in 1885 he won his first term as mayor. He was continuously reelected until 1892, when he resigned t ...more