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Life After Maria: Puerto Rico, Climate Change and Migration
More than 135-thousand people have left Puerto Rico, since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. According to some projections, Puerto Rico will lose up to 14 percent of its population by the end of 2019. Our latest magazine takes an in-depth…
Desafiando la Estructura Energética: Una Pequeña Comunidad Muestra Cómo la Energía Solar Podría Transformar Puerto Rico
Casa Pueblo, una iniciativa ciudadana que cuenta con ayuda de la diáspora puertorriqueña en Estados Unidos, se transforma en un oasis energético luego de que el huracán María dejara a Puerto Rico a oscuras por meses.
Leaving Puerto Rico (and College) to Join the Army
Leer en español Hurricane Maria left Angelica Padilla de Arce, a 20-year-old Puerto Rican student, without classes, without a job, and with big economic problems. Padilla was in her third year at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus,…
From Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania: A Pregnant Mother’s Journey to Save Her Baby
Leer en español After Hurricane Maria, Aidamarys Torres Pardo, a 20-year-old Puerto Rican student, had to move to Hatfield, Pennsylvania in order to save her daughter’s life. Torres suffers from Homocystinuria, a genetic disease that disrupts the body’s metabolism…
Torn Between Caring for an Ailing Mother and Completing College
Leer en español Christopher Morales, a twenty-year old engineering student at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico sits down in a small and intimate restaurant in San Juan. Quiet and reserved, he lowers his head as he reflects on…
“Home Will Always Be Puerto Rico” – A College Freshman Tries to Rebuild His Life in Ohio
Leer en español Sebastian Maldonado was just starting his first year as an undergraduate when Hurricane Maria destroyed his hometown of Humacao, Puerto Rico, and temporarily shut down his local university. After eating cold food and being without electricity…
Finding My Way Home – A Student Weighs His Options in Florida and Puerto Rico
Leer en español For Alexander Cabello leaving Puerto Rico was tough. Cabello, a 20-year-old college student who was studying at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (USC) in San Juan, PR, flew out one day before the hurricane without saying goodbye…
From PR to AZ – “It Was Impossible to Not Take the Opportunity”
Leer en español For Adriana Castillo the hurricane meant suffering and loss. But it also presented an opportunity. Four months after the storm Castillo received an invitation from Arizona State University (ASU) to continue her bachelor’s degree in political…
From Spain to Puerto Rico – “From All the Bad Experiences I Have Learned A Lot”
Leer en español Mercedes Mateos Andrés, a 21-year-old student from Spain, began an exchange program in Puerto Rico in August 2017. Since then she’s been studying for her bachelor’s degree in publicity and public relations at the la Universidad…