An Award-Winning Documentary About the Flooding Crisis in the Rio Grande Valley
Before We Drowned is a powerful, firsthand look at the human and environmental cost of flooding, broken infrastructure, and climate vulnerability in the Rio Grande Valley. Shot on location with residents, officials, and survivors, the documentary exposes the systemic failures that leave families stranded — again and again.
This award-winning film tells the untold stories of:
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🏚️ Displacement and trauma in colonias and underserved neighborhoods
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💧 What’s really happening with drainage, flood maps, and outdated infrastructure
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📉 How storm after storm reveals how unprepared our region truly is
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💬 Real voices from the community — people who lived it, and are still living it
Available now
This book breaks down what’s really happening in the Rio Grande Valley by connecting water, energy, infrastructure, flooding, and public health into one clear story. It blends personal experience with real research to give readers an easy-to-understand, no-nonsense look at how these systems impact everyday life and the region’s future.
Proceeds from every book sale will go directly toward funding my next documentary investigating the dementia pandemic unfolding in the Rio Grande Valley.
