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I lit a candle for the dead. And also for the living: A year after Hurricane Maria

I lit a candle for the dead. And also for the living: A year after Hurricane Maria

by Sandra Guzmán | Sep 20, 2018 | blog

On the one year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, I lit a candle for the dead. And also for the living. Puerto Rico continues to endure hardship. A brutal colonial power did not make it easy in the aftermath of the most devastating hurricane in 100 years. There are no...
Elier Rodriguez, 9, fourth grader, Mala Pascua, Patillas

Elier Rodriguez, 9, fourth grader, Mala Pascua, Patillas

by Sandra Guzmán | Jun 1, 2018 | blog

“It screamed, it howled, it barked, it hollered, it was like phantasms screaming and flying overhead.” Elier was eight years old when Hurricane Maria ripped through his two story cement house located less than 500 feet from the Atlantic Ocean. The...

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