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THE METZ-LANDEROS ARCHIVE | TRAVEL THE PASS © | THE SYNOPSIS

1 Leon Claire Metz (1930-2020) | Sylvia Gevália Landeros (1991-PRESENT) : Since 1991, Travel The Pass © has stood as a definitive tri-national pillar of academic and civic excellence—a legacy codified by the 2024 City of El Paso, Texas, Proclamation honoring its founders Leon C. Metz, preeminent historian and doyen author of the Borderland region, and Sylvia Gevália Landeros | Socio-cultural Marketing Researcher/MMD | AIIP Sovereign | Successor Editor | CEO & Co-Founder.

2 Leon C. Metz (1930-2020) was an acclaimed and award-winning preeminent historian and canonical author, serving as a definitive television/writing commentator on Western subjects for the History Channel, the A&E Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Handbook of Texas, the American National Biography, and The Encyclopedia of the American West, among many others. EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Metz's legacy is defined by his leadership on countless committees, boards, and commissions, as well as his position as president of many organizations including the El Paso County Historical Society, Western Writers of America, Discover El Paso, the El Paso Tourist & Convention Bureau, the El Paso Arts and Humanities Council, Mission Heritage Association, the New Mexico Book League, the Texas Historical Commission, the El Paso Museum of History, and the El Paso Corral of the Westerners. By bridging this bedrock historical record with modern STEM education and Space Exploration, Travel The Pass | Metz-Landeros Archive has expanded the region's global footprint through literary works and unique marketing endeavors including an international campaign utilizing a fleet of Mesilla Valley Transportation MVT freight carriers as 'mobile billboards' across the United States, Mexico, and Canada in 2001. CITY OF EL PASO TEXAS : LEON METZ TRAVEL THE PASS PROCLAMATION OFFICIAL RECOGNITION 10.22.2024

3 Since 1991, Sylvia Gevália Landeros has governed Travel The Pass | Metz-Landeros Archive as a vertically integrated engine of historical and technical innovation. As Socio-cultural Marketing Researcher/MMD | AIIP Sovereign | Successor Editor | CEO & Co-Founder of the Travel The Pass Intellectual Property, Landeros is the Master-Architect of its historical record—personally coding the digital infrastructure, designing the visual historiography, and orchestrating the brand identity. THE ACCOLADES Landeros's methodologies remain validated by the State of New Mexico Tourism Department, the Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico del Estado de Chihuahua, Susan G. Komen Breast Foundation, the El Paso Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, CANIRAC de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the Las Cruces, New Mexico Convention & Visitors Bureau, the El Paso, Texas Mission Trail Association, and numerous others dating from 1991 to the present day. Her editorial authority was forged through the engineering of a succession of one-of-a-kind publications since 1991, including Discover Juarez Mexico 1990s, the city's first tourist publication, The Southwest Chronicle 2008, the first Bi-national, Tri-State Newspapers in Education (NIE) bilingual journal, which exclusively preserved the foundational works of Leon C. Metz for a new generation. BIG BANG! Mag 2017 - 2019 Parallel to this pedagogical legacy, Landeros produced Borderland Mag (1990s) and the authoritative MEX-U.S. Journal (2000s), definitive records of the region's raw economic evolution and the introduction of the NAFTA Free Trade Agreement. Landeros’s innovation in media is further distinguished by her creation, production, and formatting of the region’s first Bi-National, Bilingual Academic Metz Film Production (1997-2011). This 1997-2011 Edu-TV Welcome Channel was adopted by tri-state regional government bodies and the binational hotel associations, airing 24/7 throughout Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mexico, as the primary educational gateway for international tourism. MORE INFO : EIN PRESSWIRE Today, Landeros's strategic innovations feature MADZINE COWBOYZ & COSMOZ | COMPLETE WORKS OF LEON METZ | THE OFFICIAL BORDERLAND SOUVENIR 2024 © , The Pillar Of Heart Award 2026, The IronwoodStar Award 2026, and Commemorative Boards alongside the definitive upcoming Borderland Bingo! Cowboyz & Cosmoz Chronicles 2026 ©. A spin on "la loteria" where every square is a portal; every card is a piece of the Borderland's soul. This first-of-its-kind Borderland endeavor stands as a vessel for Historical Literacy, grounded in the deep, authoritative research of the Travel The Pass | Metz-Landeros Archive. Within this portfolio, Sylvia Gevália Landeros's MADZINE Retro Readz Series © revolutionizes historical literacy by incorporating humor and ironic non-fiction literature, making complex narratives engaging and relatable for a new era of younger explorers. This ironic non-fiction literature intellectual framework reached a pinnacle in 2017 with the launch of The BIG BANG Mag—a publication specifically formatted to link the humanities with science, providing the essential bridge for the Travel The Pass expansion toward Global Aerospace Horizons. Travel The Pass |  Metz-Landeros Archive operates under a mandate of absolute AI IP Sovereignty; every layout, archival file, and proprietary narrative is legally vested to ensure the integrity of the Metz-Landeros Archive.

4 Our works are permanently chronicled within prestigious repositories—including the Library of Congress, UTEP Special Collections, and NMSU Special Collections—and gifted to visiting dignitaries at Fort Bliss Military Base since the 1990s. This institutional gravity is backed by elite, multi-decadal honors: the Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America (1985); endorsements from the Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico (1997), and the New Mexico State Department of Tourism (2004); the Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Historical Commission (2010); and a 2024 City of El Paso, Texas, Proclamation.​ WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE The original evidentiary record of the legends buried at Concordia, Evergreen, and other historic cemeteries throughout the Borderland forms the foundation of the Metz-Landeros Archive. Sylvia Gevália Landeros' thorough judicial research validates the Leon Metz historical legacy, affirming it as the definitive historical standard for the binational Borderland.

5 Travel The Pass | Metz-Landeros Archive is anchored to Leon Metz’s final, unreleased manuscript—Mexican Thunder: The Mexican Revolution—his ultimate penned work executed alongside Sylvia Gevália Landeros under the Travel The Pass banner and publication stands are sited at IHG Army Hotels at Fort Bliss Military Base, regional independent school districts' (ISDs) administrative offices, and periodically at Barnes & Noble.

6 Travel The Pass | Community Gatherings : uplift Fort Bliss families with 'relocation welcomes' (endorsed TTP in 2025), support U.S. Department of Education McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Program (ESC Region 19) youth facing homelessness (endorsed TTP in 2025), and elevate Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in Silver City, New Mexico, with pro bono sociocultural marketing outreach (endorsed TTP in 2025). Sylvia Gevália Landeros' inclusive community event partnerships include the 2011 Barnes & Noble Heritage Celebration, the 2014 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Academic Outreach, the Dignity Memorial Celebration of Life, and the upcoming scholarly 2026 Borderland Bingo! Cowboyz & Cosmoz Chronicles reveal at the COAS Bookstore in Las Cruces, New Mexico—an inclusive family affair taking "the pages to the pavement!" The multilingual roster includes "chats with Estela Casas." MORE INFO : EIN PRESSWIRE

7 Travel The Pass | Metz-Landeros Archive : acknowledged by the Texas Historical Commission Award, the Western Writers of America Award, and the City of El Paso, Texas, 2024 Proclamation, among others, has established The Pillar Of Heart Award, bestowed upon journalist and philanthropist Estela Casas on March 17th, 2026, for her stellar community engagement. Additionally, The Ironwood Star Award honors dedicated supporters, such as Pizza Properties Inc./Peter Piper Pizza and Howard Smith, for their commitment to preserving the Borderland’s legacy—presentation soon! While we do not operate on the basis of the "best of the blank sponsor contests," we are confident that every one of our supporters does their very best to serve our community and its customer base. Thank you for supporting our sponsors and our endeavors. ¡Gracias, amigos! INSTAGRAM travelthepassorg