Ivanna Bass Caldera
Newsroom Intern (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026)Ivanna Bass Caldera is a senior at Trinity University double majoring in Communication and Global Latinx Studies with a minor in Spanish. Along with interning at Texas Public Radio, she is an intern for the local chamber nonprofit Agarita.
Before interning at TPR she was a volunteer radio show host at KRTU 91.7 FM, Trinity’s radio station. During her freshman year of college, she was a news reporter for the Trinitionian, Trinity University’s newspaper. Ivanna is passionate about amplifying community voices and helping educate the public on local matters.
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One in three women in San Antonio experiences intimate partner violence in her lifetime. That's according to the Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence, which says abuse is often underreported within Latino communities because of cultural stigmas surrounding domestic violence and masculinity. Advocates say addressing the problem will require more men to confront it directly. -
We hope all those bicep curls this year have strengthened your chicken–on-a-stick arm and those squats should have helped your medal carrying capacity. It's Fiesta time! -
From a crying devil to Hot Cheetos-inspired pieces, artists in this new Centro de Artes show use humor to reflect on culture, family and current events. -
Latinx studies scholar Tara López discussed her book “Chuco Punk” at San Antonio’s Central Library, followed by a rooftop punk concert on the library’s parking garage. -
The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, or SAAACAM, has one of the only Green Book Bus Tours in the nation. "The Negro Motorist Greenbook" was created by Victor H. Green in the 1930s to provide safe spaces for Black travelers to visit when segregation and violence against Black people was rampant nationwide. That specific book featured over 80 locations in San Antonio. -
On Monday, Feb. 2, Trinity University and University of Incarnate Word students protested ICE’s actions on the intersection of Broadway and Hildebrand. A day later, UT San Antonio students walked out of class and marched around campus protesting ICE. The following Monday, Trinity students kept the momentum going by hosting a teach-in on campus. -
The nation’s largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day march carries special significance in San Antonio, where a small Black community helped build a tradition that now draws hundreds of thousands each year. -
95-year-old labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mayor Jones to make the case to move municipal elections from May to November. -
ACS recently opened two new fully operational spay/neuter clinics on the East and West sides with a total of 21 new staff positions to run the clinic. The West Side clinic opened in March 2025, and the East Side clinic opened in July of 2025. -
Plantaquería is a vegan Mexican restaurant that leaves people wondering how something so delicious is completely plant-based.
