Jackie Velez
News Desk Assistantjackie@tpr.org
(210) 614-8977 x332
Jackie Velez is the News Desk Assistant.
Jackie came to TPR as a board operator and assisted with production on TPR’s “The Source.” She now produces general topics for the TPR Newsroom as well as topics from “The Source.”
Jackie grew up in San Antonio Texas and has two bachelor’s degrees in communications with a concentration in journalism and English from the University of the Incarnate Word.
Before joining TPR, she was a marketing intern for the locally based magazine, 71 Magazine, an international interactive publication in 2018 and a digital reporter intern for La Prensa in 2021. In her spare time, Jackie takes part in the writing and performance group Teatro Esperanza. Teatro Esperanza is a group of women who write about their life experiences and growing up in San Antonio. Jackie has also performed on stage for Jump-Start Performance Company and Overtime Theater.
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New sensory-friendly surgical center offers procedures for disabled patients seeking outpatient careThe University Health Surgery Center at Morgan’s MAC is open Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed weekends. -
The Tunnel to Towers Smart Home Program helps build adaptive homes and renovate homes for veterans and first responders. -
Stage Hands will perform at Miscast’s play Do You Feel Anger? on Friday, Aug. 1 and Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, 1400 W. Villaret Blvd. -
The City of San Antonio’s Fire Department has advice for everyone, especially those living with a disability, on how to prepare for an emergency. -
The alerts are sent to cell phones, tablets, computers, and Braille-compatible devices. Deaf Link provides this service for San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas, and Austin. It also helps people in Travis, Killeen, Harris, and Fort Bend counties. -
San Antonio's ACS helps transport animals to create space for pets affected by Guadalupe River floodCity San Antonio Animal Care Services is transporting long-term animals from the Williamson County Regional Shelter to San Antonio to create space for incoming flood displaced animals. The animals leave San Antonio on Friday. -
A clinical psychologist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hopes her research of individuals with autism spectrum disorder provides a better communication pathway between providers, parents, and children. -
Investigadores de la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio quieren brindar a la policía y a los técnicos en emergencias médicas herramientas distintas a la contención cuando responden a una persona autista en crisis. -
Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio want to give police and EMTs tools other than restraint when responding to an autistic person in crisis.
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A federal judge in San Antonio has ruled that the state of Texas for decades unnecessarily institutionalized 4,500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing home facilities, denying them appropriate services that are required under federal law.
