CAREER-READY ROADRUNNERS
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Bird's Eye View
![A young woman swings her colorful Jalisco style dress while dancing with a man in a sombrero](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-bailando-1200x800.jpg)
![A young woman swings her colorful Jalisco style dress while dancing with a man in a sombrero](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-bailando-200x200.jpg)
Baliando to the Beat
A pair from Ballet Folklórico Sol de San Antonio dance to the halftime tunes of UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos and the Spirit of San Antonio marching band. Photo by Valerie Bustamante Johnson
![UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins attempts a jump shot over a UAB defender](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-jordyn-jenkins-1200x800.jpg)
![UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins attempts a jump shot over a UAB defender](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-jordyn-jenkins-200x200.jpg)
Air Jordyn
UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins hangs in the air to make a jump shot in a 76-58 victory over UAB in February. Photo by Tony Morano
![Alondra Castillo holds up glow sticks on UTSA's parade float](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-fiesta-flambeau-1200x800.jpg)
![Alondra Castillo holds up glow sticks on UTSA's parade float](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-fiesta-flambeau-200x200.jpg)
Glowed 'Runners
Spirit of the Roadrunner winner Alondra Castillo triumphantly holds up glow sticks from UTSA's float in the 2024 Fiesta Flambeau Parade. Photo by Brandon Fletcher
![Mariana Rezende Tigre Cheatham smiles as she holds her baby on the Commencement stage](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-Cheatham-1200x800.jpg)
![Mariana Rezende Tigre Cheatham smiles as she holds her baby on the Commencement stage](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-BEV-Cheatham-200x200.jpg)
Baby, We Made It
Mariana Rezende Tigre Cheatham '24 brought her newborn daughter, Sofia, along to obtain her degree at UTSA's Commencement ceremony in May. Photo by Brandon Fletcher
![Carlos Alvarez sings into a microphone with a UTSA mariachi singer](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-carlos-alvarez-1200x800.jpg)
![Carlos Alvarez sings into a microphone with a UTSA mariachi singer](https://sombrilla.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/087-carlos-alvarez-200x200.jpg)
Remembering a Legacy
Late businessman and philanthropist Carlos Alvarez sings a cancíon with Alexander Garcia, a vocalist for UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos. Photo by Christian Jensen
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