Phyllis Sentiva Ochoa sings in a YouTube clip prior to her sentencing. Credit: Screenshot / YouTube

Phyllis Sentiva Ochoa, the woman behind the San Antonio-themed song “Where We Roll,” which went viral on social media, is out of prison after being released Wednesday from the Hilltop Unit in Gatesville, MySA reports.

Ochoa, whose YouTube song became an Alamo City anthem, was sentenced to 16 years in state prison roughly a year after the tune’s 2015 release. She was charged with aggravated robbery and human trafficking of a minor, public records show.

Ochoa told KSAT during a recent interview that upon her release, she wants to reconnect with her son, whom she hasn’t spoken to since her incarceration.

“I would want him to know that I love him and I haven’t forgotten him, and that he has been my motivation,” Ochoa told the TV station.

Ochoa also told KSAT that she’s going to “live for a second” and spend time with family while she gets back on her feet. She added that she’s studying to get a driver’s license and hopes to return to San Antonio.

Ochoa’s song began resurface on social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok around a year ago, often used as background music for clips of incidents that seem to happen only in the Alamo City.

Since then, the tune has grown more mainstream, even picking up play at Spurs games and political rallies.


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Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...