Higher education newsmagazine awards UTRGV rehab professor
Capping off 2020 with another merit, Dr. Eluterio Blanco Jr., clinical assistant professor in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Rehabilitation...
Teach for America: Vita A. Tijerina
Vita A. Tijerina is a 2020 Teach for America RGV Corps Member and fourth-grade bilingual reading teacher at J. S. Adame Elementary School at...
UTRGV film student’s documentary selected for Moscow film festival
Sitting in the living room of her house, McAllen native Joann González was trying to decide what story she wanted to tell in a...
Christmas wish lists
Students from Edinburg CISD, Mission CISD and McAllen ISD share their letters to Santa with The Monitor.
Letters to Santa:
Letters to Santa from Edinburg CISD:
Letters...
STC counselors lead virtual ‘12 Days of Wellness’
The best gift this holiday season is a sound and healthy mindset.
During this time of year, streets are lined with lights and radio stations...
PSJA to install more than 600 air purifiers across district
Pharr-San Juan Alamo ISD reopened its doors earlier this semester to students who are opting for in-person instruction, and the district recently purchased several...
‘Selena’ series actor: She ‘had my heart since’ boyhood
When his parents weren’t looking, young Carlos Alfredo Jr. would take a few quarters from his family restaurant’s cash register to cue a few...
Edinburg native records album inspired by SpaceX
From his home studio in Edinburg, Joe Steven composed an instrumental soundtrack he hopes will take listeners on an intergalactic expedition.
Steven’s inspiration for the...
National study to include 375 RGV seniors
Local residents have the opportunity to take part in the largest study the National Institute of Health has ever conducted for seniors, which will...
Teach for America educator sees herself in RGV students
Sara Arciniega Nevarez is a 2020 Teach for America RGV Corps Member and first-grade dual language at Henry Ford Elementary School in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo...