What Puerto Ricans have taught this Midwesterner about identity and pride

What Puerto Ricans have taught this Midwesterner about identity and pride

Not all the degrees in the world, or experiences in Spain, Venezuela, and New York could have prepared me to serve the Puerto Rican community the way I strive to do now in my work here at Floricua. What does it feel like to be from a US-controlled territory? To be a citizen but not have full rights? To be dismissed, ignored, and insulted by the current president?  You might think it would break you. But Puerto Ricans are different. Despite the i…