Hurricane Maria Stories

My Hurricane Maria Story: Glendalys Hernandez

A Little About Me/Us I am 38 years old. I was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. I moved to Puerto Rico in January of 2001 because of my father's illness. I currently reside in the town of Coamo with my two sons whom are 12 and 14 years old and my mother. Coamo…

A Little About Me/Us I am in my early 50s and married to Paul, who's in his mid-50s. In September 2018, three days before Hurricane Maria’s first anniversary, we will celebrate our 10th anniversary living in Puerto Rico. Yes, we moved here during hurricane season. Paul was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and I…

In just two weeks, six months will have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Like most traumatic situations, for all of us on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria wasn’t a singular event. Long after our story was replaced with new headlines and the politicians decided what our individual and collective…