We spent a week in Puerto Rico last month reporting about life on the island nearly six months after Hurricane Maria, but found a story that is more complicated and nuanced. The audio-diary-style story features testimonials of three people with very different stories about why they stayed on the island during and after Hurricane Maria, and touches on post-hurricane life, emigration, and the colonization of the island. We also asked them what it means to be Puerto Rican in this moment of transition and rebuilding.

This story was reported by Griselda Flores and produced by Sofi LaLonde. Special thanks to Saybian Torres, Marisol Plard-Narvaez and Ibrahim López Hernández for speaking with us, to Kari Lydersen for her editing help and the Medill School of Journalism.

Featured photo: Saybian Torres by Bill Healy.

English translation available here: https://bit.ly/2HdlMty

Holding On To Home

Sofi LaLonde

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