Marcos Najera

You might remember the story of four young Latino men from Carl Hayden High School who built an underwater robot named "Stinky" in 2004. They stunned the nation when Stinky kicked MIT's lame robot's ass in a college-level competition in California — not once, but twice. The foursome quickly became...

Forget any notions you've ever had of a fat lady singing opera onstage. Mezzo-soprano Olga Perez looks more like she belongs in the cast of American Idol. But this fall, Arizona Opera's newest diva-in-training will take on one of her first major roles, in the company's season opener, Rigoletto (for...

Trinidad Escalante was a mojada. A wetback. Un illegal. Actually, I can't prove that. But I can say with total confidence that the woman was Mexican. She was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, and eventually crossed the border. Legally or not? Quien sabe, as the Spanish say. She lived during different...

Perhaps we should all just admit it. There are only three times we pay attention to the Town of Guadalupe. The first is when we use Avenida del Yaqui as a shortcut to get away from I-10's numbing rush-hour traffic. The second is when we want to buy cheap zarapes...

The guy can't even cast his own ballot. But Efrain Robles still rocks the vote. Big-time. Robles, a Phoenix resident from Mexico, is here legally. But he's not a naturalized citizen, so technically, he can't vote. That doesn't mean he can't get his voice heard. He tried it four years...