FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Pamela Bruce, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; Evelyn Sáenz, Renaissance Cancer Foundation; Cynthia Corpos, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; ElizabetRamírez, Practice Administrator, DHR Health; Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina; April Chapa, Community Outreach Coordinator, DHR Health; Raúl Garza, four-year colon cancer survivor; Dee Dee Salinas, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; Edinburg City Councilmember Johnny García; and Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health. The city council on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, presented a proclamation recognizing March 2021 as “Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month” in Edinburg.
FEATURED: Jennifer Saenz, then-Deputy Chief of Staff and General Counsel for Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Hinojosa pose on the floor of the Texas Senate Chamber with one of his many landmark legislative proposals during the 85th Texas Legislature. Saenz, who has extensive experience in the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, and in the private sector, recently established her office in McAllen as part of the the Phenix Saenz government affairs firm, which is also is located in Austin.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Julián Álvarez III, Commissioner Representing Labor, Texas Workforce Commission; Arcelia “Shelly” Sánchez, Deputy Director, Workforce Solutions Strategy and Engagement; Sonia Falcón, Chair, Board of Directors, Texas Workforce Solutions; Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen; and Dr. Shirley Reed, President, South Texas College, on Thursday, August 1, 2019. The South Texas College Board of Trustees has announced a 19-member search committee to find a successor to Reed, the founding president of the two-county community college system, who retired in January 2021.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, met with Dr. Luis Navarro, Therapeutic Optometrist, Optometric Glaucoma Specialist, and owner, Edinburg Vision Center, to review issues facing that profession and their patients. The two men met at Canales’ law office in Edinburg.
FEATURED: Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, whose Senate District 21 includes Starr County, on Saturday, November 7, 2020, signs a Senate resolution on behalf of Central Texas Families for Safe Streets (CTFSS), which serves as a resource for individuals and families who have been affected through loss and suffering from traffic violence involving a motor vehicle. CTFSS’s mission is to promote alternative and safe transportation options through policy and legislation, advocacy, community outreach, and empowerment.
