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PHOTOJOURNALIST
Luis Villasana (left) and Samantha Casiano stand in the living room of their home outside of Houston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The couple spoke about their experience of taking part in the hearing of and now waiting for a decision over whether to exempt women with complicated pregnancies from the state's abortion ban. Their child Halo died from anencephaly hours after birth because Casiano was denied an abortion.
Taylor Shead is the founder and CEO of Stemuli, an educational tech company, and is a recipient of Google's Black Founder Fund. Shead sits for a portrait in a company office in Dallas on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
Edwin Cabaniss, owner of the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff, stands outside of the Longhorn Ballroom on September 25, 2021 as its new owner. Cabaniss is looking at "millions" worth of restorations on the legendary Dallas music club on Corinth Street over the next year.
Sisters Mariah (left) and Mercedes Mata sit in “La Mera Mera,” Mercedes’ 1984 Monte Carlo, parked on Jefferson Boulevard in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas before a Dallas Lowriders meet up on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The two are some of the youngest in the group, but have recently led the local lowriders into a revival.
Denise Manoy opened her Bishop Arts District fashion boutique 15 years ago despite people telling her there was no business to be found in the area.
“The key word is ‘perseverance,’” she said. “You have to decide to persevere.”
Manoy, along with other inspirational women from Preston Hollow, Lake Highlands, Oak Cliff and East Dallas took center stage in the Advocate's July 2021 #FierceFemales editions.
“The key word is ‘perseverance,’” she said. “You have to decide to persevere.”
Manoy, along with other inspirational women from Preston Hollow, Lake Highlands, Oak Cliff and East Dallas took center stage in the Advocate's July 2021 #FierceFemales editions.
Richard Baker sits for a portrait in front of one of his own works being shown at The Tobin Gallery on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Tacoma, Wash. The exhibit, “Richard Baker 50 Year Photography Retrospective,” is a show honoring the seasoned photographer’s lifetime of capturing moments.
A soccer ball, football and cleats sit in front of Moscow High School senior and multi-sport athlete Wyatt Thornycroft Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the school’s soccer fields in Moscow, Idaho.
Owner Valery Jean-Bart stands in front of Val's Cheesecakes on Greenville Avenue in Dallas on Monday, March 6, 2023. Around him are the six parking spaces Jean-Bart was able to fit in front of the store, but city code requires him to have eight spaces.
Lauren Mc Neal, 27, and her son Elijah Mc Neal, 7 months, at the Center for Transforming Lives in Fort Worth on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Lauren was unlawfully evicted while pregnant with Elijah and is still fighting to return home.
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