Doc celebrates Mariachi Estrella de Topeka

Teresa Cuevas will be 90 years old in April. She’s a grandmother many times over, attends her Topeka church every Sunday and is impossibly sweet. She’s the prototypical abuela in virtually every way, save one — Cuevas, as a member of the trailblazing band Mariachi Estrella de Topeka, is a living legend in Mexican music circles. This soon-to-be nonagenarian is also about to be a movie star. But she’s far too modest to admit such things.

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