Lorna Moreno and Héctor Rosario are a married couple who are small business owners in Santurce. In this interview, they describe how their burgeoning artisanal yogurt business Viva la Fruta was destroyed by Hurricane María. In the absence of support from the government, and insurance...
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Dr. Iván Figueroa Díaz is a physician in San Juan. Dr. Figueroa was very active with the local community following the hurricane. In the first conversation with Will, Dr. Figueroa discusses the days and weeks following the hurricane and describes Puerto Rico’s public health and...
Justo “Tito” Hernandez is the Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer for Response at the Puerto Rico Joint Field Office (JFO) in San Juan. The University of Michigan team was granted a 15-minute window with Justo “Tito” Hernandez, a native Puerto Rican with over 20 years of FEMA service...
Héctor Rodríguez is a resident of Morovis, a small mountain town located about 40 miles from San Juan. Morovis was cut off from electricity, clean water, and emergency care for weeks after María. In this interview, Héctor talks about his experiences living in Morovis in the days and weeks...
Laura Moscoso is a Puerto Rican journalist. She is a member of the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI), the organization responsible for preparing the Puerto Rican government to release the death records for Puerto Rico in the period between Sept 17 to date. In this interview...