From Bachelor Abode to Family Paradise

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If you whiz up Interstate 10 toward Fair Oaks, as so many people do these days, you’ll pass a cream-colored stucco house with a red tile roof high on a hill, hidden behind brush and trees. The natural camouflage conceals a five-acre gem that is home to San Antonio icon Bill Dante, his wife, Lisa, […]

Teaching Kids to Perform

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I arrive at the Stone Oak Youth Theater (SOYT) on a hot May afternoon, as two very different classes are about to start. In the original facility, a group of 7- to 12-year-olds are gathering to learn how to make and operate puppets, while two doors down in the same shopping strip, another mixed-aged group […]

From Cancer Survivor to Cancer Care & Screening Specialist

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Anyone who has ever faced a frightening medical diagnosis like breast cancer knows the importance of having a specialist who understands the most up-to-date developments in technology, medicine, treatments and tests in the battle against the disease. But it’s also important that a doctor truly empathizes with the patient and understands what fears and questions […]