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...
Playlist - Economy & Migration
In this module, we will hear about the Hurricane’s impact on the island’s economy, employment, and migration to the mainland. Our teams spoke with a number of small business owners, fishermen, laborers, and financial experts.
Edwin Pacheco and Florentino Santiago are fishermen based in Guánica, the town in southern Puerto Rico where the U.S. invasion took place in 1898. While they describe...
Orlando Pérez Nievez owns a small barber shop in Adjuntas. Thanks to Casa Pueblo, his shop is the first solar-powered business in the town. Orlando Pérez Nieves owns a...
Lucas Mulea is a resident of San Juan and has been unemployed since the hurricane hit. In this impromptu interview in the Santurce district of San Juan, Lucas briefly...
Magaly Ramis is a resident of San Juan and a small business owner. In this impromptu street interview in the Santurce district of San Juan, Magaly talks about how she...
José E. Fernandez is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oriental Bank. Fernández is also a Trustee Emeritus of the...
José Caraballo Cueto is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Puerto Rico. In this interview, José speaks to the economic disparities of...
The Michigan Teach-Out team was fortunate to be in Puerto Rico for the annual ritual known as La Noche de San Juan. This celebration takes place on June 24th, and...
Natalia Figueroa Emanuelli is a small business owner who is passionate about a recovering Puerto Rico. She owns Aguja Local, () a small fashion business located in San...
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...