By Antonio Noé Zavaletai Introduction: The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Over the course of the last 20 years, more and more attention has been focused on the condition of Latino children living along the U.S.-Mexico border; especially in the…

Antonio N. Zavaleta | Tropical Texas Behavioral Health | Mindscape: Behavioral Health Today | South Padre Island Oct. 23, 2009 INTRODUCTION: Do cultural factors characteristic of Latino populations affect their health status, their health choices and our ability to deliver…

By Antonio Zavaleta and Joseph Spielberg-Benitez The Prelude As the nineteenth century dawned in celebration, Mexico could not imagine that the events of the first decades of the new century would change her forever. In fact, the first three decades of…