Jessie F. Fuentes of Epi’s Canoe & Kayak Team and Flores’ former teacher, said she shared how she had encountered many northerners who had misconceptions about what happens on the border. 

“This type of major disconnect has inspired her to take on the responsibility of documenting almost every aspect of life, both in this community and our neighboring community of Piedras Negras,” said Fuentes.

Flores recently met with media students from the  school district to talk about the passion of producing documentary films, and explained her current project that brought her back to Eagle Pass.

Flores has been filming since the 2017 Abrazo Ceremony, and plans to continue shooting throughout the year. She recently ventured on a canoe trip down the Rio Grande with Epi’s Canoe and Kayak Team members Jesus Navarrete and Jessie Fuentes to capture the beauty of the river. Herons, red-wing blackbirds, mallard ducks, and king fishers are among the animals to be seen, said Fuentes. 

The trio traveled 24.6 miles from Quemado to Eagle Pass in their 18 ft Osagian aluminum double hall expedition canoe, during which Flores was able to film the beauty of the people and nature from both sides of the very landmark that divides them.

Fuentes added that instead of the  administration looking at a border wall, a border highway would be much more useful. 

“Just think about it, there is a road through the beautiful Texas hill country, a road through the Piney Woods of East Texas, a road by our beautiful Texas coastline on the Gulf of Mexico. Once this road is built, they will come; businesses, entrepreneurship, and recreational water sports enterprises that would bring the appropriate attention to our border,” said Fuentes. “It is time for Texas to invest infrastructure along the Rio Grande River and all the communities that are on the border. The border should be recognized for the potential that any beautiful water recreational resource area can have,” said Fuentes.