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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
An in-depth look at the impact of a devastating storm.
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…
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…