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Fiesta Passion, Fiesta Fashion
This project provided marketing and communications support to the Institute of Texan Cultures for its exhibit launch of “Fiesta Passion, Fiesta Fashion." -
The Rise and Fall of the St. Mary’s University Football Program
This project explores the St. Mary’s University football program from its origins in 1909 until its final termination in 1941. Through Rattler Newspapers archives, letters from the University to the Provincial House, and photographs courtesy of the National Archives of the Marianist Province of the United States, this project will bring together for the first time this information for public viewing. -
St. Mary's Student Life Through the Rattler
The aim of this digital exhibit is to provide context of student life at St. Mary’s. With the use of the Rattler archives as my primary source material, I found that what students care about hasn’t changed much. How students express themselves and their pastimes has changed, but many of the same issues such as campus safety and social justice have remained the same across generations. -
Without Limits: Museums and monuments of iconic men and women sports figures across the world
This project explores museums and monuments dedicated to brilliant athletes, a very personal topic for the creator, M.A. Nerio. It features an "Explorer Tour" which features geographic points with accompanying images of the athlete, coach, museum, or monument. Each point on the map identifies a specific museum or monument by geographic location while providing a virtual tour. In addition, a brief description is provided of the athlete or coach, along with information on the specific museum or monument. -
Pyramids Around the World
This project invites visitors to examine the construction of pyramids as a human phenomenon. Compare pyramids across the planet and unravel the mystery. This project calls visitors to embark on physical journeys to take in the glory of the world's many pyramids firsthand. -
Wine Museums: A Guide to the Wine Museums of Italy, France, and California for the History-Minded Tourist
As a celebration of California wine and its debt owed to European forebears turned competitors, this ArcGIS StoryMaps Explorer Tour introduces Italian, French, and Californian wine museums for the history-minded tourist. Wine tourism is a fast-growing portion of the international tourist industry. Each museum featured serves as a regional, national, and/or international celebration of winemaking. Taken together, these museums illuminate specific portions of the story of viticulture and winemaking in southwestern Europe and its spread to and expansion in California. -
Engaging and Renewing Waterfalls to Tour and Preserve
This ArcGIS StoryMap presents six waterfalls and four waterfall-related museums framed through the eyes of the first European or American explorer who encountered them and the indigenous people groups that surround them. First, this project examines the European ideas about each waterfall, the ways that these interactions changed the Falls area. Next, it identifies the tourist resort experiences and the landscape ideas promoted through exploration. Finally, this story compares the ideas of indigenous peoples' identities related to the falls. -
Memorialized Women in History
Women throughout history have made many contributions as being trailblazers for historical firsts. These ten historical monuments and museums commemorate the roles of impactful women in our history and amplifies their historical significance and legacies. -
Out of Fire and Into History
This project gives a voice to all firefighters in the San Antonio community, and remember the sacrifices they make. These voices go hand in hand with preserving the historical buildings firefighters served and lived in. This project maps the historic fire stations in San Antonio. -
A Westside Story: Cinematic Gems of San Antonio's Westside
A Westside Story explores one facet of community entertainment: the moviegoing experience. This project compiles the stories of many theatres from the Westside's past to advocate for the preservation of San Antonio's cultural heritage. It further advocates for the resurrection of classic movie-going traditions to create new cinematic memories. -
Eastside Churches in the Civil Rights Movement
This project explores the Civil Rights movement through the lens of religious institutions on the Eastside of San Antonio, a historically black section of the city. The people of San Antonio fought and experienced the fight for equality from a variety of perspectives. Mexican American Rights activism is often at the forefront of our conversations about Civil Rights in San Antonio, partly due to demographics. While San Antonio is a majority Mexican Americans and Latinos, African American Civil Rights activism played a significant role in San Antonio's history. -
Battle of the Flores
This project asks how development has evolved along South Flores, and if this has altered the view of South Flores. In this project, “development” includes the construction and demolition as well as the refurbishing or reuse of existing structures. This project acts how development within the South-central portion of Flores Street has changed throughout the past 100 years, and exactly what kinds of businesses have occupied the space. Furthermore, it invites viewers to ponder what these changes may represent in terms of the social and economic culture of this area.