Meet Valerie Mayra, a Madonna University alumna, whose passion for forensic science and determination led her to earn the FBI s esteemed Latent Hit of the Year award. Explore how she overcame challenges to solve a challenging murder case, bringing closure to the victim s family, and gain insights from her advice for aspiring forensic scientists in this inspiring story.
The Center for Research extends a huge thank you to faculty, students, and staff who participated in the 8th Annual Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creativity on April 20.
You never know where the idea for a better product will come from. For example, Jessica Zarate’s inspiration for a better way to collect crime scene evidence involved a hacksaw and pore cleansing strips.
It was curiosity that got Beary Creative off of 8th street in McAllen started. Friends and I got together and we started doing some tumblers at the house and people started seeing them and started placing orders and then it grew because they started asking, ‘Well can you make me t-shirts, can you make me masks,’ Jessica Zarate said. “With the pandemic they wanted all kinds of stuff.
It grew from there into a boutique. They have a specialization in personalized items.
“We do shirts, we do masks, we do tumblers, we do anything you need technically,” Zarate said.
They’re able to customize a lot of things, but the shirts are the item that s ordered the most.