February: Max Shnitzer

February’s Spotlight of the Month Honors Max Schnitzer!Max was born and raised in North Dallas and graduated from Tulane University in 2018, where he studied psychology. Following graduation, Max backpacked throughout Southeast Asia and...

January: José R. Ralat

January’s Spotlight of the Month Honors José R- Ralat! José R. Ralat, 43, is Texas Monthly’s taco editor and has been writing about tacos and Mexican food for a decade. He began writing about tacos for the Dallas Observer’s food blog and went on to establish his...

October: Bryan Figueroa

October’s Spotlight of the Month Honors Bryan Figueroa! Bryan is a 23-year-old young man, born in Dallas, but raised in Garland, TX, for almost his whole life. He is the eldest of his siblings. Bryan loves to work with computers, is...

September: Bernie Weiner

September’s Spotlight of the Month Honors Bernie Weiner! Bernie grew up in Detroit and surrounding suburbs. He currently lives in the suburb of Troy, Michigan with his wife of 47 years, Harriet, who has been his rock through good and bad times....

August: Devon Zielinski

Devon was born in Arlington, TX and raised in the small town of Argyle, TX, about an hour north of Dallas. After graduating from Texas Christian University, Devon lived in Cincinnati, OH and Boston, MA before returning to Dallas. Devon loves traveling, reading new...

July: J.P. Morere

J.P. was born in Beaumont, Texas and has three older sisters. He was named after his paternal grandfather, John Peter Morere, but has been known by his initials all his life. J.P.’s early life was in Beaumont, but when he was eight years old his father...