Author: Feet in 2 Worlds
Bio: Feet in 2 Worlds (Fi2W) is an independent media outlet, journalism training program, and launchpad for emerging immigrant journalists and media makers of color. Our work brings positive and meaningful change to America's newsrooms and has a broader impact on how immigration is reported and the ethnic and racial composition of news organizations.
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Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
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 how his life changed in the blink of an eye. When Hurricane Maria hit, suddenly he […]
Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
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 for three months, the 18-year-old student decided to apply for a transfer to the University of […]
Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
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 to anyone. But returning seems to be more difficult due to the lack of work opportunities. […]
Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
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 science with a minor in international relations. Castillo counts the days when she will see her […]
Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
Leer en español In January 2018, 21-year-old Ivenneth Padilla said goodbye to Puerto Rico and to her family and friends. Hurricane Maria devastated her hometown of Orocovis, located in the center of the island, and completely changed her reality. This prompted her to look for opportunities to study outside the island. New York University (NYU) […]
Posted on: 05 Jun 2018
Leer en español What can force a person to abandon their home? For Jacnier Ríos Lorenzo it was not being able to continue his studies in communications due to the lack of Internet service after Hurricane Maria. Ríos Lorenzo moved to Florida to finish his bachelor’s degree at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (USC) in San […]
Posted on: 04 Jun 2018
Leer en Español Nashaly Ortiz, a 22-year-old student from Naguabo, a town in southeastern Puerto Rico, remembers the terrifying blow of Hurricane Maria like it was yesterday. The damage the hurricane caused, forced her to leave her family in order to finish her studies in nursing at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (USC) in San Juan, […]
Posted on: 28 May 2018
Among the many ways to measure the human toll of Hurricane Maria there is this: Since the storm more than 32-thousand college students have left the island. That estimate from the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College captures the upheaval in young people’s lives as well as the loss to the island of […]
Posted on: 23 Feb 2018
Feet in 2 Worlds is hosting a one-day food journalism workshop designed to help journalists, journalism students and culinary professionals improve their skills telling stories about food from immigrant communities. Immersive and intensive, the workshop will focus on developing your narrative journalism skills and help you make valuable professional connections. At the end of the day, […]
Posted on: 02 Feb 2018
Extended deadline to submit your pitch is February 28th. The next Fi2W online magazine will report on migration triggered by climate change. Our focus will be the mass exodus of Puerto Ricans from the island to the U.S. mainland following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, as well as the migration of residents of the U.S. […]
