Cole Altom . Writer . Editor . Canine Enthusiast . The mammal , not the tooth . Wood respecter . Native West Texan . One-time Trinitonian . Current Marathonian . Mostly wrong . Never in doubt . Passably literate . Send pitches to editor @ cenizojournal . com

Alexander ( Sandy ) Devers is the CEO of Streets Ahead , a non-profit organization that supports adults with learning disabilities in the Scottish Borders . A musician , traveler , happy troublemaker and avid cyclist , he recently completed the Southern Tier , a nearly 3,500 mile cycling tour of the United States from San Diego , CA to St . Augustine , FL . He enjoys meeting new people and exploring new places , from Morocco to the wilds of Far West Texas . Email : sandy @ sandydevers . co . uk

Danielle Gallo is a writer who is proud to be the former editor-in-chief of the Cenizo Journal . She came to the area in 2002 and currently lives in Marathon with her family .

Jeremy Gonzalez is a former managing editor and staff reporter for The Fort Stockton Pioneer . He currently works full time for Digital Carpenters , a bitcoin mining facility in Fort Stockton , and dabbles in freelance journalism to scratch his creative itch . Email : tigerwithcoffee @ gmail . com

Danika Stegeman a poet based in Minneapolis . Her second book , Ablation , was released by 11:11 Press in November 2023 . Her first book , Pilot , was published by Spork Press in 2020 .

Shilpa Rajagopal is medical and public health student at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston who recently had the opportunity to volunteer with clinics in Brewster and Presidio counties as part of Frontera de Salud , a healthcare service non-profit dedicated to rural and border health equity .

Joe Holley has been the " Native Texan " columnist for the Houston Chronicle since 2013 and an editorial writer for the paper since 2012 . A native Texan himself – from Waco – he has also been an editorial page editor in San Diego , Calif ., a contributor to Texas Monthly , a speechwriter for Gov . Ann Richards , and a staff writer for the Washington Post . A Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2017 and 2023 , he was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner as part of the Houston Chronicle team that produced a series of editorials debunking the “ Big Lie ” of voter fraud and examining Texas ’ s long history of voter suppression . He is the author of seven books , including Hometown Texas , Hurricane Season : The Unforgettable Story of the Houston Astros and the Resilience of a City , and Sutherland Springs : God , Guns , and a Small Texas Town , which received the 2021 Texas Institute of Letters Carr P . Collins Award . He and his wife Laura , and Buddy , live in Austin and Marathon .

Laura McShan hails from Houston and is now the bar manager at the Marfa Spirit Co . in Marfa , TX .

ON THE COVER : Uplift by Katelyn Betsill Del Vecchio

Katelyn Betsill Del Vecchio is an American oil painter . Primarily self-taught , Katelyn ’ s creativity was fostered by her grandmother as a young child , but it wasn ’ t until she was an adult living in the wild and vast Chihuahuan Desert that her study of oil painting truly began .

Mainly a western figurative and landscape painter , Katelyn believes in painting what is familiar to her , featuring western landscapes and figures that reflect her own experiences working in and with the land . Her education and background as a biologist has also inspired her to incorporate native flora and fauna into her work , creating narrative portraits of the land and giving a subtle nod to the ecosystem it facilitates .

Katelyn has been featured in nationally circulated magazines such as Southwest Art Magazine and Western Art Collector and was named one of “ 21 under 31 Young Artists to Collect Now ” in Southwest Art Magazine in 2022 . Katelyn was a featured artist and top 10 finalist in Western Gallery ' s “ New Western Talent ” in 2020 and selected as an emerging artist in Fort Worth ' s Main Street Festival , ranked # 3 nationally . She is represented by Parsons Gallery of the West in Taos , New Mexico .

Contact info : Website : www . kbpaintworks . com • Follow on Instagram : @ kbpaint

PUBLISHER Riley Stephens publisher @ cenizojournal . com

DESIGN / PRODUCTION Ceci Marquez

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Cole Altom editor @ cenizojournal . com

Cenizo Spring 2024

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Cenizo Journal is published four times per year . © 2024 Cenizo Journal . Copyright of all art and images contained within are retained by the image owner and are used with permission .