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Ivette Perfecto is the George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on biodiversity and arthropod-mediated ecosystem services in rural and urban agriculture. She also works on spatial ecology of the coffee...
Ada Miranda is an instructor in Casa Pueblo’s Forest School. Despite losing her home and all of her possessions due to the destruction caused by Hurricane María, in this interview with Professor Moreno, Ada Miranda, a worker at Casa Pueblo, describes the strength of the...
A civil engineer by training, Alexis Massol is the Founding Director of Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, community organization that proposes and develops plans to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. Massol received...
Juan Francisco Catalá is a third generation small nursery coffee grower in the mountains of Yauco. In addition to his work at the farm, he has dedicated his efforts to teach farming to children through summer camps at the family’s farm, Hacienda La Leonor. He is also an activist who is...
Mayra Santos-Febres is an award-winning Puerto Rican author, poet, novelist, professor of literature, essayist, literary critic, and community activist. Her work focuses primarily on themes of Afro-diasporic identity, female sexuality, the erotic, gender fluidity, desire, and power. She...
José Lopez & María Melendez are farmers that live just outside of the small mountain town of Orocovis, about 40 miles from San Juan. In this conversation, Will speaks to José and María about their experiences rebuilding their house after the storm. José speaks about his experience...
Paola Figueroa Emanuelli is the Director of Communications for the Foundation for Puerto Rico. In this conversation, Paola talked about the role that the Foundation for Puerto Rico plays in post-María Puerto Rico. She also talks about the greater responsibility that foundations have in...